“I live in Rome and five minutes from my flat is a church where you can walk in and see this beautiful Caravaggio. Just the way this man uses dark paint: dark to create dark to create dark, the layering of the darkness in his work. I just race home: I want to create!” MenWayWantUseHomeBeautifulChurchDarkWalksRaceDarknessFiveMinutesPaintFlatsRomeFive Minutes Author:Taiye Selasi
“I turned 54 this year and I find myself feeling like I'm in a bit of a race to get down on paper the way I really feel about life - or the way it has presented to me. And because it has presented to me very beautifully, this is hard. It is technically very hard to show positive manifestations.” WayFeelsYearsHardShowsFeelingsBitsRacePaperManifestationVery Beautiful Author:George Saunders
“Authors of all races, be they Greeks, Romans, Teutons, or Celts, Can't seem just to say anything is the thing it is but have to go out of their way to say that it is like something else.” WayWritingSeemsRaceGreekSay AnythingLike SomethingCelts Book:Many long years ago Source: Many long years ago
“I was always accused of being too stiff. In 1974, when I ran my first primary race for state rep, I was chief aide to the speaker of the House, I knew the issues and understood state government. But what I found out the hard way is that you can know all the ins and outs but people want to know you, your family.” PeopleKnowsWayWantFirstsHardStatesGovernmentFoundHouseRaceIssuesUnderstoodChiefsPrimariesRanOur FamilySpeakersAccusedState GovernmentHard Way Author:Jim Edgar