"In adult centers the nerve paths are something fixed, ended, immutable. Everything may die, nothing may be regenerated."

-- Santiago Ramon y Cajal

#May Quotes #Path Quotes #Adults Quotes

“Florida is kind of notorious. But also because it's a rich place. Phonetically, narratively, historically. I wanted to know Florida better and I could easily find stories. My relationship with Florida is fraught because I didn't want to be living there always, but then after I left I really missed it.”
“Inspiration is an empty bank account.”
“The essence of our profession is to give. What is it that we in the theater give? We give our body, voice, feelings, will, imagination - we give a form of pulsating art to life itself; we give it to our characters and we give it to our audiences. Nothing, absolutely nothing remains for us save the pleasure of having given pleasure. And yet it is only by this miraculous process that our love grows and our talent is fulfilled and replenished.”

Source : "To the Director and Playwright".
“The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves. If an individual is not successful in emotionally crippling himself, he can count on patriarchal men to enact rituals of power that will assault his self-esteem.”

Source : bell hooks (2004). “The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love”, p.66, Simon and Schuster
“I'm learning the power of going away for the weekend and keeping myself company.”
“Genre/forms are institutional questions mainly. Like matter to MFA programs in terms of which workshop you can teach.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I hated having to be someplace on time, it took away so many potential orgasms.”

Source : Gini Koch (2011). “Alien in the Family”, p.43, Penguin
“Art has absolutely changed my life.”

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