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“It is interesting that Hindus, when they speak of the creation of the universe do not call it the work of God, they call it the play of God, the Vishnu lila, lila meaning play. And they look upon the whole manifestation of all the universes as a play, as a sport, as a kind of dance — lila perhaps being somewhat related to our word lilt”
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“It was like she was thinking, How far can I go with this? How much more can I fit in my life without losing control?”
Source : Liane Moriarty (2013). “The Husband's Secret”, p.21, Penguin UK
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“Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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“Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an audience.”
Source : "The Fabulous Fanny: The Story of Fanny Brice". Book by Norman Katkov, p. 71, 1953.
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“Don't postpone joy until you have learned all of your lessons. Joy is your lesson.”
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“Men are competent in groups that mimic the playground, incompetent in groups that mimic the family”
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“American writers often say they find it difficult to write Superman. They say he's too powerful; you can't give him problems. But Superman is a metaphor. For me, Superman has the same problems we do, but on a Paul Bunyan scale. If Superman walks the dog, he walks it around the asteroid belt because it can fly in space. When Superman's relatives visit, they come from the 31st century and bring some hellish monster conqueror from the future. But it's still a story about your relatives visiting.”
Source : "The Super Psyche of Comic Book Shaman Grant Morrison". Interview with Gavin Edwards, www.playboy.com. April 18, 2012.
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“A living faith is always on trial; we call it faith for that reason. When I read in some alarmist book that the Christian faith is now on trial, or "at the crossroads," my impulse is to answer, Why Not? Does anybody know a time when the Christian faith was not on trial, or when the Christian life was a simple walkover, with neither principalities nor powers to dispute its advance?”