Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts. – Jean Cocteau, Professional Secrets, 1922
The analytical geometry of Descartes and the calculus of Newton and Leibniz have expanded into the marvelous mathematical method – Nicholas Murray Butler
No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevitably you are going to get to a part that isnt yours and, actually, whether it happened or not becomes irrelevant. It is all about choosing the right words. – Roddy Doyle