"Everything is bilateral in the domain of thought. Ideas are binary. Janus is the myth of criticism and the symbol of genius. Only God is triangular!"

-- Honore de Balzac

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“A lot of my work has to do with not allowing my characters to have an ego in a way that the stomach doesn't have an ego when it's wanting to throw up. It just does it”

Source : The ART21 Interview, art21.org. September, 2003.
“The traditional boundaries between various fields of science are rapidly disappearing and what is more important science does not know any national borders. The scientists of the world are forming an invisible network with a very free flow of scientific information - a freedom accepted by the countries of the world irrespective of political systems or religions. ... Great care must be taken that the scientific network is utilized only for scientific purposes - if it gets involved in political questions it loses its special status and utility as a nonpolitical force for development.”
“Success is doing the best you possibly can with what you've been given. There are an alarming number of wealthy failures in the world today.”
“You always get negative reactions. If you worry about that, you would never do anything.”
“Authors do not choose a story to write, the story chooses us.”
“The big catalyst was seeing my sister, when I was 11, doing a dramatic recital. When I saw her on the stage and everyone listening to her so patiently, quietly, that's all I wanted: for someone to look at me and listen to me, but in some beautiful and artistic way.”
“I'd say I'm a revolutionary optimist. I believe that the good guys -the people- are going to win.”
“I've worn my share of leopard pink boots to premieres or belts the size of cars. I thought my pink leopard boots were so cool.”

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