"Like most modern Americans, I assume individuality is not only a fundamental value, but a goal in life, an art form."

“When we venture beyond the edge of our knowledge, all we have is art.”

Source : Jonah Lehrer (2011). “Proust Was a Neuroscientist”, p.197, Canongate Books

“The propitious smiles of heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregard the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained." Inaugural address 1789”

“I always write from rhythm first, so if I need a song fast, I have to start there. Then I just threw some electric guitar at it.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“The big challenge for me was just trying to ignore the embarrassment of being an actor. It's a pretty embarrassing thing to do. You've got people pointing cameras at you and hundreds of people watching you, as you're trying to be great. And often, almost every time, you're not.”

Source : Source: collider.com

“Like I said, I always believed in the spirit realm. Whether or not I understood it or witnessed it or was involved in it. There wasn't an incident that made be believe it was real, like I said I had an interest in it and as I grew older I realized that there are some people that are doing this for real. That's when I realized this isn't just a Hollywood thing.”

“If you have forgotten how to be a child you cannot teach children.”

“To avert disaster, we have not only to teach men to make things but to teach them to have complete moral control over what they make.”

“Then he's inside you, and your body remembers, each time, every man, even if you try to forget.”

Source : Jayne Anne Phillips (2012). “Lark and Termite”, p.90, Random House