"The individual, man as a man, man as a brain, if you like, interests me more than what he makes, because I've noticed that most artists only repeat themselves."

“Whenever you do something without asking yourself, "Why am I doing this?"-that is meaningless life... . The "why" of life makes it meaningful... . Only when an answer is given is one living life as a man.”

“The institution of taxation is not a civilized but a barbaric method to fund anything, because it amounts to nothing less than outright extortion, a gross violation of human liberty.”

Source : "What's Wrong with Taxation?". mises.org. November 22, 2002.

“I consciously try not to play favorites with my characters or my books.”

“My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. But for every real word spoken, for every attempt I had ever made to speak those truths for which I am still seeking, I had made contact with other women while we examined the words to fit a world in which we all believed, bridging our differences.”

“To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.”

“I am also producing and writing a bunch.”

Source : "Andre Holland shines in Moonlight". Interview with Jerry Nunn, chicago.gopride.com. November 4, 2016.

“I don't divide architecture, landscape and gardening; to me they are one.”

“Whenever science attempts to legitimate itself, it is no longer scientific but narrative, appealing to an orienting myth that is not susceptible to scientific legitimation.”

Source : James K. A. Smith (2006). “Who's Afraid of Postmodernism? (The Church and Postmodern Culture): Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church”, p.68, Baker Academic