“There are certainly times when my own everyday life seems to retreat so the life of the story can take me over. That is why a writer often needs space and time, so that he or she can abandon ordinary life and "live" with the characters.” NeedsCharacterStoriesSeemsMy OwnSpaceOrdinaryEverydayAbandonTake MeEveryday LifeRetreatTime And SpaceOrdinary Life Author:Margaret Mahy
“Well, I've been a big fan of comic books since I was a little kid. In fact, I used to write and draw my own comic books when I was on the old Lost in Space series.” WritingWellsLittlesBookFactsBigsKidsUsedLostMy OwnSpaceFansDrawsSeriesComicComic BookLittle Kid Author:Bill Mumy
“When I was young, there was never any space for me to get attention of my own that wasn't negative. Art, and the practice of making art, was the only space that was mine alone, where I could be anyone and do anything, where just by using my head and my hands I could cry, or laugh, or get pissed off.” ArtHandsYoungMy OwnSpaceAttentionPracticeLaughingCryMinesNegativePissed Off Author:Kim Gordon
“Pure, existential space was regularly winking at me, each time in a more impressive manner, and this sensation of total freedom attracted me so powerfully that I painted some monochrome surfaces just to 'see,' to 'see' with my own eyes what existential sensibility granted me: absolute freedom!” EyeMy OwnSpacePureAbsolutesSurfaceGrantedSensationsExistentialSensibilityImpressiveAbsolute FreedomWinkingMonochrome Author:Yves Klein
“My own interest is the responsibility of people to be responsible for their own lives and, with their neighbors, for their public space and actions. To sing their own songs. To make their own inventions..To build and not just to envy. To light that candle which is so much better than cursing the darkness. To be as much as the human condition can sustain, rather than being only what a system can allow.” PeopleHumansLightActionSongInterestMy OwnSpaceResponsibilityDarknessConditionsResponsibleEnvyNeighborInventionCandleHuman ConditionBeing ResponsibleCursing Author:Karl Hess
“I am alone, as though I stood On the highest peak of the tired gray world,About me only swirling snow, Above me, endless space unfurled;With earth hidden and heaven hidden, And only my own spirit's prideTo keep me from the peace of those Who are not lonely, having died.” WorldEarthSpiritHeavenMy OwnSpaceHighestLonelyDiedTiredEndlessSnowGray Book:Mirror of the Heart: Poems of Sara Teasdale Source: Mirror of the Heart: Poems of Sara Teasdale
“Involved in my own entrails and a crust Turning a pitted surface towards a space, I am a world that watches through a sky And is persuaded by mirrors To regard its being as an external shell, One of a universe of stars and faces.” WorldFacesUniverseStarsMy OwnSpaceWatchesSkyInvolvedMirrorsRegardSurfaceShells Book:New Collected Poems of Stephen Spender Source: New Collected Poems of Stephen Spender
“When I started making music, I made music in a very commercial space and I didn't have room to really explore things on my own terms. It took me awhile to create a little bubble where I could explore other things, and new things. When I did that, my tools were songwriting and arranging.” LittlesMadeTermMy OwnSpaceRoomsToolsSongwritingBubblesNew ThingsArranging Author:Robyn
“Darren Hardy has written a new bible for the self-improvement space. If you are looking for the real deal-a real program, with real tools that can change your life and make your dreams a reality-The Compound Effect is it! I plan to use this book to go back and look at what I need to again work on in my own life! Buy ten copies, one for yourself and nine more for those you love, and pass them out now-those who get it will thank you!” IfsNeedsLooksBookRealSelfUseDreamRealityMy OwnSpaceDealsPlansWrittenEffectsTenSelf ImprovementProgramToolsImprovementNineYour DreamsCopiesChanging Your LifeMy Own LifeCompoundsHardyDarrenThose You Love Author:David Bach
“I must have justice, or I will destroy myself. And not justice in some remote and infinite time and space, but here on Earth...I want to see with my own eyes the lamb lie down with the lion and the victim rise up and embrace his murderer. I want to be there when everyone suddenly understands what it has all been about. All the religions of the world are built on this longing, and I am a believer.” WorldWantEyeEarthLyingJusticeMy OwnSpaceBuiltInfiniteVictimEmbraceLongingBelieverLionsMurdererTime And SpaceLambsInfinite Time Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky
“As a kid, I wanted to be an astronaut. And my own passion was that I wanted to be a film director. I realized that being an astronaut was not going to be an option, so I said, "Well, I'm going to be a director and do films in space."” WellsSaidKidsWantedFilmPassionMy OwnSpaceDirectorsI RealizedAstronautFilm Directors Author:Alfonso Cuaron
“Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.” HumansWholeMotherDiesMy OwnSpaceLevelsExistenceIntellectualConvincedMysteriousExplanationHuman ExistenceClusters Author:A. N. Wilson
“I'm used to having big movie cameras in my face, I pretend that they're not there. But I actually like being on my own, I like being in the space.” BigsFacesUsedMy OwnSpaceCamerasBig Movie Author:Stephen Dorff