I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones. – Manuel Puig
A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not. – Roald Dahl
In third grade, I was taking tap-dance lessons, and about six weeks before the recital I wanted to quit. My mom said, No, youre going to stay with it. Well, I did it, and I was bad, too! But my parents never let their kids walk away from something because it was too hard. – Rebecca Lobo
What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage. – Bruce Barton
