I'm starting to feel like a character from one of these books

O that I were a man, or that I had powerTo execute my apprehended wishes!I would whip some with scorpions.

Freedom is the decision to live and die, doing what you love.

We doubt ourselves. It's not about lowering the self-esteem. It's about increasing the self-confidence by letting the risk factor do its part

I'm such a geek, and have always been a real nerd.

The sea is mother-death and she is a mighty female, the one who wins, the one who sucks us all up.

Plus, publishing's inherent conservatism, means that what little did get through was weighted towards the commercial end of the scale, which is not the kind of writing that excites me.

Tennis is my dream. It is what I love. And it is what I want to be best at.

Words There is no good father, that's the rule. Don't lay the blame on men but on the bond of paternity, which is rotten. To beget children, nothing better; to have them, what iniquity!

America was founded by people who believe that God is their Rock of safety.

I realized what an artist is and what it is to be an artist.