"There is something about the way that Greek poets, say Aeschylus, use metaphor that really attracts me. I don't think I can imitate it, but there's a density to it that I think I'm always trying to push towards in English."

-- Anne Carson

#Thinking Quotes #Greek Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Remember that there's no one way of doing things. ... If you just get a hammer and hit it really hard, whatever it is, I guarantee you it'll open.”
“I can't fly a flag for monogamy or whatever the opposite is; it depends on the person and on the situation.”
“Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once.”
“Mr. Dingell is just plain Mr. Dingell. And when he gets to be chairman of the Commerce Committee, he doesn't let it go to his head. However, he thinks he would be a very, very good chairman.”
“Shakespeare's gone, don't even think about it.”
“Inevitably, every part an actor plays contains some of himself.”
“Nothing's free and only the cheaper things can be bought with money.”

Source : S. M. Stirling (1998). “The Domination”, p.216, Baen Publishing Enterprises
“I suppose the secret of his success is in his tremendous idleness which almost approaches the supernatural.”

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