Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel.
You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.
I said to myself, I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me - shapes and ideas so near to me - so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn't occurred to me to put them down. I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.
I was as scared as I'd ever been. There was screaming everywhere now, and more bodies on the floor, and the press from behind was as relentless as a bulldozer. It was all I could do to keep on my feet.
No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself.
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
People were still cramming down the stairs, and more were squeezing past the turnstiles and down the escalators onto the platforms, but it was clear to me that this wasn't going to have a happy ending.