"Artists are the people among us who realize creation didn't stop on the sixth day."

-- Joel-Peter Witkin

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“But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful.”
“Hush Hattie!" I said, intoxicated with my success. "I don't want to go to my room. Everyone must know I shan't marry the prince." I ran to the door to our street, opened it, and called out into the night, "I shan't marry the prince." I turned back into the hall and ran to Char and threw my arms about his neck. "I shan't marry you." I kissed his cheek. He was safe from me.”
“One of the cruelest judgments sustained against me is that I have spoken out as a recovered alcoholic to stimulate my acting career.”
“The world is so constructed, that if you wish to enjoy its pleasures, you also must endure its pains.”
“I love writing. I've always been drawn to that and felt a particular joy in it - like the phrase in Chariots of Fire: "God made me fast and when I run I feel his pleasure." God gave me a love of writing and (I knew) to do it I would feel God's pleasure.”

Source : "Comparing “Heaven is for Real” with “God’s Not Dead” + an interview with “Heaven” writer/director Randall Wallace". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.
“The good news is that women's roles have changed so dramatically over the past three decades that women now expect to have careers, balance work and family, express their individual autonomy.”

Source : "How hookups and hang-ups delay manhood". TODAYshow.com Q&A, www.today.com. August 26, 2008.
“Relaxing, going on vacation, sleeping, having fun when I want, golfing when I want, do whatever I want - I am going to enjoy it.”
“I had paid for my folly and, as a reward, was invited to take part in the nest builderâ€™s performance piece. The script was great. â€˜When I bleat here, do you want me to just bleat or to really let go and â€œbleat, bleatâ€?â€™ I asked. â€˜I feel like â€œbleat, bleating,â€ but if Mother/Destroyer is going to be crawling through the birth canal of concertina wire, I donâ€™t want to steal focus, you know what I mean?”

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