#Solitude Quotes #Whimsy Quotes
“You must not be afraid of small bits of silence. To use it well is the height of confidence and skill for a comedian. It increases the tension in a good way and adds contrast like a curveball complements the fastball of a good pitcher.”
“Doing scripted acting is a challenge to me. I can't remember things too good, so remembering lines is a challenge to your boy.”
“To write good SF today...you must push further and harder, reach deeper into your own mind until you break through into the strange and terrible country wherein live your own dreams.”
“I have been going to Italy since 1980, but I always went to do work. I did not live overseas, because I do not like running around with everything I own in a paper bag.”
“Most of us have experienced wow moments. We just haven't taken time to think deeply about them.”
“The music I desire must be supple enough to adapt itself to the lyrical effusions of the soul and the fantasy of dreams.”
“Intensity is so much more becoming in the young.”
“I am not one of those who have the least anxiety about the triumph of the principles I have stood for. I have seen fools resist Providence before, and I have seen their destruction, as will come upon these again, utter destruction and contempt. That we shall prevail is as sure as that God reigns.”
Alexander Pope Poet
Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea Poet
Aphra Behn Dramatist
Cotton Mather Author
Edward Jenner Physician
Eliza Haywood Writer
John Gay Poet
Joseph Addison Essayist
Mary Astell Writer
