Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. Use this quote
People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery. Use this quote
When I was four years old, my mother put me into a school for early music education where you get perfect pitch and harmony and composition. Use this quote
As soon as I began, it seemed impossible to write fast enough - I wrote faster than I would write a letter - two thousand to three thousand words in a morning, and I cannot help it. Use this quote
In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature. Use this quote
I lived on couches for something like six months. I had no home. I was totally broke. I would stay at a friend's house for two weeks, then move because I didn't want to become this permanent mooch. Use this quote
Love is what you've been through with somebody. Use this quote
The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone. Use this quote
Andrew Wood's death changed things for a few weeks. I probably got even heavier into drugs after that. Use this quote
Words are capable of making experience more vivid, and also of organizing it. They can scare us, and they can comfort us. Use this quote
There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader. Use this quote
I have those dreams that you can't put into words. Use this quote
All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography. Use this quote
If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got. Use this quote
I enjoy looking at words on paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. As a director, the creative process is really amazing. Use this quote
I worked at Salon.com way back when they started, and there's just unmeasurable value to distributing words online, too, but I still get my news from the newspaper in the morning. Use this quote
When you translate poetry in particular, you're obliged to look at how the writer with whom you're working puts together words, sentences, phrases, the triple tension between the line of verse, the syntax and the sentence. Use this quote
It's so funny because I listen to songs that I recorded that I didn't really know anything about at the time. Later on I'm starting to feel the songs. Sing them first, feel them later. Use this quote
Some people seem to understand this - that life and change take time - but I am not one of those people. Use this quote
Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the faithfulness of God, we lean upon him, so that we may obtain what he gives to us. Use this quote