Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of ones identity as a being of worth and dignity. – Rollo May
Writing a story or a novel is one way of discovering sequence in experience, of stumbling upon cause and effect in the happenings of a writers own life. – Eudora Welty
Though Fire and Rain is very personal, for other people it resonates as a sort of commonly held experience… And thats what happens with me. I write things for personal reasons, and then in some cases it… can be a shared experience. – James Taylor
I told my agents that I didnt want to go on the audition. But as that was happening I called my mom, who has been watching the show from the beginning, and my mom said, Its the coolest show. You have to go. – Mary Lynn Rajskub
