Insane Et Vanae Curae Quotes & Sayings

Writing is a way not only to metabolize life but to alchemize it as well. It is a way to transform what happens to us in our own experience. It is a way to move from passive to active. We may still be the victims of circumstance, but by our understanding those circumstances we place events within the ongoing context of our own life, that is, the life we "own". — Julia Cameron

I want you so much, he said with such heart-tugging sincerity that to be fair, a translation from Turkish to English would have to flip a coin between "want" and "love. — Bob Shacochis

Systems of morals are only a sign-language of the emotions. — Friedrich Nietzsche

I'm very, very fortunate to be in the job that I'm in, and I would love for it to continue forever, but it won't. I have to financially and emotionally prepare for the day that 'Mad Men' will go away, because who knows what my next job is going to be? — Rich Sommer

When it comes to setting national priorities, determining threats, defining challenges, and fashioning and implementing foreign and defense policies, the United States and Europe have parted ways. — Robert Kagan

What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse? — Lord Mountbatten

In skydiving, it is the fear response that gradually weakens. During the precipitous descent, the amply tested parachutist can savor the thrill rather than endure the panic. — Dean Keith Simonton

'Brothers McMullen' would not be picked up for theatrical distribution now. — Edward Burns