My advice to young writers would be to write every day, even if it is only a few words. Get yourself on the habit of writing and it will become a lif….
The glance is natural magic. The mysterious communication established across a house between two entire strangers, moves all the springs of wonder. T….
No one is beat till he quits, no one is through till he stops. No matter how hard failure hits, no matter how often he drops, a fellow's not down til….
I think the future of architecture does not lie so much in continuing to fill up the landscape, as in bringing back life and order to our cities and ….
I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the ugliest word in our language. I stay ….
... suffering does not ennoble. It destroys. To resist destruction, self-hatred, or lifelong hopelessness, we have to throw off the conditioning of b….
For me, the moral difficulties lie in the continual pressure brought to bear on my friends and immediate family, pressure which is not directed again….
The truth is harsh." Anubis said. "Spirits come to the Hall of Judgement all the time, and they cannot let go of their lies. They deny their faults, ….
Drama lies in extreme exaggeration of the feelings, an exaggeration that dislocates flat everyday reality..
You are made of bent coat hangers, honey, gravel, epoxy and handstands. I am made of lying on the floor, the same song on repeat..
There have to be moments when you glimpse something decent, something life-affirming even in the most twisted character. That's where the real art li….
Once you admit a lie or a slander into your ears, you can never totally rid yourself of its effects..
To whom shall I hire myself out? What beast should I adore? What holy image is attacked? What hearts shall I break? What lies shall I uphold? In what….
Memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases..
I'm frightened of nothing anymore," answered Fell simply, "except lies. For they're the real killers..
Stories lie deep in our souls. Stories lie so deep at the bottom of our hearts that they can bring people together on the deepest level. When I write….
The real reason that we can’t have the Ten Commandments in a courthouse: You cannot post “Thou shalt not steal,” “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” an….
I always was getting into trouble some way, because I was really good at lying when I was a kid. If I left my jacket at school for the third time and….
All art is erotic. The first ornament to have been invented, the cross, was of erotic origin. It was the first work of art. A horizontal stroke: the ….
Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement. Otherwise stay with what is traditional, for truth, even if….
But then if you lied to a man about his talent just because he was sitting across from you, that was the most unforgivable lie of them all, because t….