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We can go...

We can go...

We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about it? Are you going to...

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The great composer...

The great composer...

The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is...

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Let me see...

Let me see...

Let me see you do the rag time dance
Turn left and do the Cake walk prance
Turn the other way and do the Slow...

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Stanislaw Lec: Don't cry out...

Stanislaw Lec: Don't cry out...

Don't cry out for help at night -- you might awaken the neighbors.

Source: In...

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Alan Jay Lerner: Men die but...

Alan Jay Lerner: Men die but...

Men die but an idea does not.

Source: The Street Where I Live, 1978.
-- Alan Jay...

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James Matthew Barrie: A safe but...

James Matthew Barrie: A safe but...

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for...

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James Matthew Barrie: I'm youth, I'm...

James Matthew Barrie: I'm youth, I'm...

I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.

Source: In...

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Jean-Paul Sartre: All human actions...

Jean-Paul Sartre: All human actions...

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

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Edna St Vincent Millay: The soul can...

Edna St Vincent Millay: The soul can...

The soul can split the sky in two,
And let the face of God shine through.


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Nikki Giovanni: Mistakes are a...

Nikki Giovanni: Mistakes are a...

Mistakes are a fact of life
It is the response to error that counts.


Source: Of...

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Oh, that it...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Oh, that it...

Oh, that it were my chief delight
To do the things I ought!
Then let me try with all my might
To mind what I...

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Dodie Smith: I have found...

Dodie Smith: I have found...

I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.

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Arthur Miller: If I see...

Arthur Miller: If I see...

If I see an ending. I can work backwards.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Eugene O'Neill: Happiness hates the...

Eugene O'Neill: Happiness hates the...

Happiness hates the timid! So does science!

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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William Congreve: Invention flags, his...

William Congreve: Invention flags, his...

Invention flags, his brain goes muddy,
And black despair succeeds brown study.


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William Congreve: Music hath charm...

William Congreve: Music hath charm...

Music hath charm to soothe a savage breast,
To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.


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Eugene Ionesco: A work of...

Eugene Ionesco: A work of...

A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind.

Source: Notes and...

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Menander: He who labors...

Menander: He who labors...

He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and...

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Jean Racine: Day is not...

Jean Racine: Day is not...

Day is not purer than the depths of my heart. (Le jour n'est pas plus pur que le fond de mon...

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Jean Racine: I loved you...

Jean Racine: I loved you...

I loved you when you were inconstant. What should I have done if you had been faithful? (Je t'aimais inconstant,...

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