"On this twelfth day of my diet I would rather die satiated than slim."

-- Marge Piercy

“When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea.”
“I've done a lot of nudes and there's always a sexual charge.”

Source : Interview with Paul Karlstrom, www.americansuburbx.com. June 2, 2000.
“The psychiatric interviewer is supposed to be doing three things: considering what the patient could mean by what he says; considering how he himself can best phrase what he wishes to communicate to the patient; and, at the same time, observing the general pattern of the events being communicated. In addition to that, to make notes which will be of more than evocative value, or come anywhere near being a verbatim record of what is said, in my opinion is beyond the capacity of most human beings.”

Source : Harry Stack Sullivan (1953). “The collected works”
“I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.”

Source : Akira Kurosawa (2011). “Something Like An Autobiography”, p.129, Vintage
“Dreaming is one of humanityâ€™s greatest gifts - it champions aspiration, spurs innovation, leads to change, and propels the world forward.”
“Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music.”

Source : "'The Poor Are Treated Like Enemies' An Interview with Iris DeMent". Interview with Richard Phillips, www.wsws.org. April 18, 1998.
“The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.”
“Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.”

Source : "Spirituality and Liberation: Overcoming the Great Fallacy". Book by Robert McAfee Brown, p. 136, 1988.

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