"Uncertainty is the essential, inevitable and all-pervasive companion to your desire to make art"

“No matter how you hurry, you will notice at the end of the day that you traveled at the speed of time.”

“God speaks to all individuals through what happens to them moment by moment.”

“Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.”

“You might be [outshining me in many ways]. But if we get on a treadmill, there are two things: you're getting off first or I'm going to die. It's that simple, right?”

“One of the very important things that have to be learned around the time dying becomes a real prospect is to recognize those occasions when we have been useful in the world.”

Source : Roger Rosenblatt (1994). “The Man in the Water: Essays and Stories”, Random House

“People go to movies or listen to music because they want to be inspired.”

“Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome.”

“When I broke into music journalism it wasn't easy but there was more of an established path. I wanted and was able to have a grown-up person's job with a real salary writing for a fairly sizable audience about stuff I cared about. When you're starting out, you try to get as much experience as you can so people will see your work, and maybe start giving you the assignments you want, and paying you (hopefully both). And if you're lucky you land someplace where you can stay for a while. But today that's a trickier trajectory to envision.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net