Brian Spilner Quotes & Sayings

I write and rewrite and memorize, and then inject my performance with improvising and spontaneity, because if something feels too rehearsed, it's not going to be fun. — Andy Daly

Take this rifle, kid. Gimme that guitar. — Bobby Bare

With his mind free from the inflow of thoughts and from restlessness, by abandoning both good and evil, an alert man knows no fear. — Gautama Buddha

An ethics of desire is good news for those of us who have become allergic to an ethics of law. — Jean Vanier

[The inspiration that comes to authors of fiction] is not an act of intelligence. — Mary Lee Settle

It was inevitable, as soon as legends of miracles became attached to the names of the great mystics, that the credulous masses should applaud imposture more than true devotion; the cult of the saints, against which orthodox Islam ineffectually protested, promoted ignorance and superstition, and confounded charlatanry with lofty speculation. To live scandalously, to act impudently, to speak unintelligibly - this was the easy highroad to fame, wealth, and power. — A.J. Arberry

Most great artists define a new and unique region of hell. — Scott Miller