"I expect art to make me scream, art to reveal soul."

“There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.”

“Why are atoms so small? ... Many examples have been devised to bring this fact home to an audience, none of them more impressive than the one used by Lord Kelvin: Suppose that you could mark the molecules in a glass of water, then pour the contents of the glass into the ocean and stir the latter thoroughly so as to distribute the marked molecules uniformly throughout the seven seas; if you then took a glass of water anywhere out of the ocean, you would find in it about a hundred of your marked molecules.”

“The fools of the world have been those who have established religions, ceremonies, laws, faith, rule of life.”

Source : Dorothea Waley Singer, Giordano Bruno (1968). “Giordano Bruno; his life and thought: With annotated translation of his work, On the infinite universe and worlds”, Greenwood Pub Group

“I love the guitar for its harmony; it is my constant companion in all my travels.”

“It was around 4 p.m. in the afternoon. I was just taking a nap. Luckily, my sister was home.”

Source : Interview with Merlin Chowkwanyun, www.counterpunch.org. August 14, 2003.

“I don't think the Hollywood community is interested in what I can do. That's all right. I've never looked for a job in my life, and I'm not going to start now. I have plenty to keep me busy.”

“When I was nine I spent a lot of my time reading books about the history of comedy, or listening to the Goons or Hancock, humour from previous generations.”

“Out of the night you burn, Manhattan, In a vesture of gold-- Spun of innumerable arcs, Flaring and multiplying-- Gold at the uttermost circles fading Into the tenderest hint of jade, Or fusing in tremulous twilight blues, Robing the far-flung offices, Scintillant-storied, forking flame, Or soaring to luminous amethyst Over the steeples aureoled.”

Source : Lola Ridge (1918). “The Ghetto, and Other Poems”