"If the artist does not fling himself, without reflecting, into his work, as Curtis flung himself into the yawning gulf, as the soldier flings himself into the enemy's trenches, and if, once in this crater, he does not work like a miner on whom the walls of his gallery have fallen in; if he contemplates difficulties instead of overcoming them one by one ... he is simply looking on at the suicide of his own talent."

-- Honore de Balzac

#Suicide Quotes #Wall Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Even a minute of dying is better than an eternity of nothingness.”
“Behold Jesus Christ crucified, Who is the only foundation of our hope; He is our Mediator and Advocate; the victim and sacrifice for our sins. He is goodness and patience itself; His mercy is moved by the tears of sinners, and He never refuses pardon and grace to those who ask it with a truly contrite and humbled heart.”
“Exploration is what you do when you don't know what you're doing. That's what scientists do every day. If a scientist already knew what they were doing, they wouldn't be discovering anything, because they already knew what they were doing.”
“"He passed over his fall, and appointed him first of the Apostles; wherefore He said: ' 'Simon, Simon,' etc. (in Ps. cxxix. 2). God allowed him to fall, because He meant to make him ruler over the whole world, that, remembering his own fall, he might forgive those who should slip in the future. And that what I have said is no guess, listen to Christ Himself saying: 'Simon, Simon, etc.'"”
“I sought excitement and, taking chances, I was all ready to fail in order to achieve something large.”
“Loneliness is like being the only person left alive in the universe, except that everyone else is still here.”
“Craigslist is about authenticity. Craig has paid his dues, and people respect him.”
“When you first think of making a monster movie you have to realize that a lot of people may be down on you because there is a big prejudice against such films.”

Source : Interview with Brent Simon, www.ign.com. March 8, 2007.

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