“I have never been clever enough - or egotistical enough to spend 300 pages dipping into the sludge of my own subconscious.” EnoughMy OwnPagesCleverSubconsciousClevernessEgotistical Author:Winston Graham
“I dont know how to add things to my own wikipedia page.” KnowsMy OwnKnow HowPagesAddWikipedia Author:Craig Ferguson
“Mr. J.S. Mill speaks, in his celebrated work, "Utilitarianism," of the social feelings as a "powerful natural sentiment," and as "the natural basis of sentiment for utilitarian morality," but on the previous page he says, "if, as is my own belief, the moral feelings are not innate, but acquired, they are not for that reason less natural." It is with hesitation that I venture to differ from so profound a thinker, but it can hardly be disputed that the social feelings are instinctive or innate in the lower animals; and why should they not be so in man?” IfsMenShouldReasonFeelingsBeliefSpeakSocialNaturalMy OwnAnimalPowerfulMoralMoralityPagesEthicsBasesProfoundSentimentsThinkerVentureInnateHesitationMillsUtilitarianUtilitarianism Book:The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex Source: The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
“the process of a book's coming to life is not fully complete until your imagination meets mine on the page. The words evoke pictures and something altogether new is created, something different from the limits of my own skills and imagination. Something that is a marriage between your heart, mind, and body - and mine.” MindHeartBookDifferentBodyLife IsProcessImaginationMy OwnMinesSkillsLimitsPagesMind And BodyEvoke Book:Little Altars Everywhere: Novel, A Source: Little Altars Everywhere: Novel, A
“I like to flip through play scripts, not just my own; there is something exciting about seeing printed language on a page that triggers responses in me.” PlayLanguageMy OwnSeeingPagesExcitingResponseScriptsTriggersPrintedFlip Author:Donald Margulies
“With the novels, I usually start from something in my own life that I can't resolve, so I turn it into a metaphor and for months or sometimes years I'll exhaust all of my emotional reaction to this issue by making it enormous on the page.” YearsI CanSometimesTurnsMy OwnNovelIssuesEmotionalMonthsPagesMetaphorEnormousReactionsResolveMy Own LifeEmotional Reactions Author:Chuck Palahniuk