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“A poem is energy transferred from where the poet got it (he will have some several causations), by way of the poem itself to, all the way over to, the reader.”
Source : Charles Olson (1966). “Selected Writings of Charles Olson”, p.16, New Directions Publishing
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“I was going to make movies. I was the one in the family who was always rolling the video camera, making movies of my brothers around town, and then screening them for my parents. I still would love to make movies someday that's something that really means a lot to me, and I know I'll have the chance to do it one day.”
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“Trouble is another word for fate; what troubles us the most is what we are fated to one day face. What troubles us in youth will return at each crossroad in life because it secretly seeks to provoke a deep awakening to the unique way that we are intended to live.”
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“I'm pretty much a loner and I've lived under the radar.”
Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“Here is the secret of inspiration: Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you.”
Source : William Feather (1949). “The Business of Life”
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“We only see what we want to see; we only hear what we want to hear. Our belief system is just like a mirror that only shows us what we believe.”
Source : "‘Four Agreements’ Author Don Miguel Ruiz Reveals How Doubt Can Lead To Happiness" by don Miguel Angel Ruiz, don Jose Ruiz, with Janet Mills, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 2, 2013.
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“[Vanity] is an unrecognised form of stupidity, you have to forget the cosmic meaninglessness of all our acts to be able to be vain and that's a glaring form of stupidity.”
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“The future of Haiti must be linked to the respect of the rights of every single citizen.”
Source : "Uncut Interview with Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide Upon His Historic Return to Haiti". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. March 22, 2011.