"To be the authentic is to be detached and stand aside from oneself and the work so that the working process can take on an untrammeled life of its own. Labored self-involvement, contrivance, ulterior motives, even the extraordinary facility that one may have, must be let go."

“I am grateful to learn from their mistakes, because I am not injecting s- into my face. I see them and my heart breaks. I think, 'Oh God, if you only know how much older you look.' They are trying to stop the clock and all you can see is an insecure person who won't let themselves just age. I also have a fiancé who will put a gun to my head if I touch my face in any way.”

“A world where one tenth of the population gets to be extremely wealthy, and six tenths very poor, is not, in the long run, a stable place”

Source : "An End to Sweet Illusions" by Bill McKibben, www.motherjones.com. January/February 2002.

“I'm excited by challenging myself physically and mentally every day.”

“When I was younger it was twice a day with a game on the weekend. Then when I got older, three times a day everyday in college and on the national team.”

“Arriane sized her up, tapping one finger against her lips. "Perfect," she said, stepping forward to loop her arm through Luce's. "I was just thinking I could really use a new slave.”

“I been doing the same things as in my younger days, when I was coming up, and now here I am, an old man, up there in the charts. And I say, well, what happened? Have they just thought up the real John Lee Hooker, is that it? And I think, well, I won't tell nobody else! I can't help but wonder what happened.”

“Cardiovascular disease is a major complication of diabetes.”

Source : Source: www.nytimes.com

“In my entire life growing up I've never heard my dad say an unkind word about anyone. My father has always taken the high road in life and to me he's a complete inspiration without being a pushover.”

Source : Interview with Pati Buehler, www.broadwayworld.com. June 18, 2008.