Very conscious of the fact that an effort was being made to destroy my mind, because I was deprived of books, deprived of any means of writing, deprived of human companionship. You never know how much you need it until you’re deprived of it.
“light up a lifetime” conveys the idea that hope can have a lasting, life-altering impact.
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Very conscious of the fact that an effort was being made to destroy my mind, because I was deprived of books, deprived of any means of writing, deprived of human companionship. You never know how much you need it until you’re deprived of it.
They spend an awful lot of money on I-don’t-know-what in Hollywood movies; I certainly didn’t get any of it. But they sure do love spending money.
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn’t know what war is except from television.
A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.
I look at every business and ask, How long can this last? How can I identify the status quo and change it?
There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.
Men are often biased in their judgment on account of their sympathy and their interests.
Now that I’m staring down the barrel of the last act of my life, I’m less excited about control and solo effort, and I resent the way the business aspects interfere with my space for creative writing.
A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
I’m the interpreter. I’m the one who takes your words and brings them to life. I was trained to sing and dance and laugh, and that’s what I want to do.
Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile… a stain upon the silence.
Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.
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