“I feel like movies, if there's any kind of budget whatsoever, there's so much sitting, and I really like to work. Otherwise my blood sugar just drops, you know, six hours sitting in a camper.” IfsKnowsFeelsKindHoursBloodSixSittingBudgetsSugarBlood SugarCampers Author:Mary-Louise Parker
“There's a phrase, "sitzfleisch", which means just plain sitting on your ass and getting it done. Just showing up for work. My uncle Raphael was a painter, and he used to say, "If the muse is late for work, start without her". You have to be there. You have to be there, and do it, and grind it out, even when it is grinding and you know you're probably going to rewrite all this tomorrow.” IfsKnowsWritingMeanDoneUsedTomorrowLateSittingAssPainterPhrasesMuseUnclesGrindShowing UpRaphael Author:Peter S. Beagle
“I don't go to Mass every day. But I go to church every day. Just sitting there, thinking - it's a great way to start the morning, you know? You feel so good coming out, and your approach to everything is suddenly really clear.” ThinkingKnowsWayFeelsChurchMorningClearApproachMassSittingComing Out Author:Mark Wahlberg
“In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting there in high spirits and eagerly waiting for the play to begin. It is a blessing that we do not know what is really going to happen. Could we foresee it, there are times when children might seem like innocent prisoners, condemned, not to death, but to life, and as yet all unconscious of what their sentence means.” KnowsMeanChildrenPlaySeemsMightHappensSpiritWaitingYouthBlessingSittingRaisedSentencesTheatreInnocentUnconsciousPrisonerContemplatingCurtains Book:Suffering, Suicide and Immortality: Eight Essays from The Parerga Source: Suffering, Suicide and Immortality: Eight Essays from The Parerga