New York is unruly, tangled. The city woos first, then mangles, then pastes back together in a fresh, dazzling mosaic.

Sylvia had begun her month in New York with princessy pomp and fanfare….Her departure on June 27 was entirely different. She left New York shaken, depleted, and utterly alone.

...she could not stick by the golden mean...was always anxious to experiment in extremes...to find out what was enough by indulging herself in too much." (Gordon Lameyer)

Her attachment to language was earthy, physical, and immediate. Pretty words you could eat.

These were the new girls of New York- complete with rapid heartbeats from too much nicotine and coffee. They were nervous and fluttery but completely alluring- the new face of urban femininity.

Judgement is so often a thwarted, frustrated expression of envy.

Allow Christmas day to blossom in the bosom of your own inner joy & happiness.

Why pay money for the horror movies? Just go to a street without trees!

Jenni Fagan is the real thing, and The Panopticon is a real treat: maturely alive to the pains of maturing, and cleverly amused as well as appalled by what it finds in the world.

Sitting at home the way I do, I'd just love the hear from people. It'd be a great help in passing the time.

I don't like to plan anything ever because it never seems to work. I'm just really...let's just get this film out and see how this one does.

You expand your consciousness, your ideas, your perceptions. You break away from self-adopted restrictions. You grow as you learn to step aside from limiting conceptions and dogmas.

There's a reason I moved to NYC, and if I listed all the musicians on my list you'd grow weary.

I just want you to be yourself. Be a bigger yourself.

Disneyland is like a piece of clay: If there is something I don't like, I'm not stuck with it. I can reshape and revamp.

Conservatives should be adamant about the need for the reappearance of Judeo-Christianity in the public square.