“I think it sits quite happily with me, the condition of being an actor. I see some people getting quite eaten up with it, with the insecurities. There are times when I long for continuity and stability, but I also love the idea of not knowing what I'll be doing next - or even if I'm going to work.” PeopleIfsThinkingLongIdeasNextActorsKnowingConditionsInsecurityStabilityNot KnowingGoing To WorkContinuity Author:Matthew Macfadyen
“I think there's no excuse for the American poetry reader not knowing a good deal about what is going on in the rest of the world.” ThinkingWorldDealsKnowingReaderExcuseNot KnowingNo ExcusesAmerican Poetry Author:James Laughlin
“You don't realize what a strain it is on the nerves to write or think-of-writing all day long, and to sleep full of nervous dreams, and to wake up not knowing who one is: this all stems from anxiety about finishing the book, about time 'growing short', etc., and the perpetual strain of invention.” ThinkingWritingLongBookDreamRealizingSleepKnowingGrowingAnxietyWake UpInventionNervousEtcNervesPerpetualNot KnowingStemStrainFinishing Book:Windblown World: The Journals of Jack Kerouac, 1947-1954 Source: Windblown World: The Journals of Jack Kerouac, 1947-1954
“I think masculinity is bravado against the mystery of the universe of women. It's just a fear of not knowing what women have that's so powerful. It's this shield they put up to try to get closer.” ThinkingTryingUniversePowerfulKnowingMysteryNot KnowingMasculinityShieldsBravado Author:K. D. Lang