"We must grow out of religion. It is either bugaboo, formalism, or hysteria. Besides, what proof is there that "the churches" know more about "God" than the Cockney sentry on duty outside the camp? We have only their say-so."

-- Richard Aldington

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“You should know the truth about the stars--- even though it seems like they're close together, up there in heavens, they're zillion light years apart.”
“Keep your eyes on Christ, not the circumstances you find yourself in or the feelings you are experiencing.”
“Right after 'Raymond' I had a world-is-my-oyster attitude, but I found out I don't like oysters. I had this existential emptiness. 'What is my purpose? Who am I?' I had a big identity crisis.”
“I don't go anywhere without my iPod, laptop and at least one book.”
“Anything that doesn't make sense, I don't want to give too much of my brain to.”

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“Give me an 18-hour day on set or in the theater, and I will be the happiest person alive.”
“. . . I wrote a letter to Thomas Pynchon asking, Can I have your permission to try to make an [adaptation] of your book? And I had no idea that he would answer me, because he's pretty elusive. But he did send a letter back that said, Yes, you can do that - as long as the only instrument in the opera is a banjo. I thought, That's an interesting way of saying No.”
“Life now insists that we encounter groundlessness. Systems and ideas that seemed reliable and solid dissolve at an increasing rate. People who asked for our trust betray or abandon us. Strategies that worked suddenly don't. Groundlessness is a frightening place, at least at first, but as the old culture turns to mush, we would feel stronger if we stopped searching for ground, if we sought only to locate ourselves in the present and do our work from here.”

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