I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
I have been approached to consider an appointment to the Virginia Supreme Court. I am humbled and honored to be considered for such a position, but it is not something that my wife and I have previously contemplated.
There's something very simple and contemplative about 'John Wick' - what is interesting is that it looks like it was based on an Akira Kurosawa movie.
In believing too much in rationality, our contemporaries have lost something.
Westminster is a piece of this city's energy, something the contemporary world has forgotten.
There's an idea of the Plains as the middle of nowhere, something to be contemptuous of. But it's really a heroic place.
Continuity isn't actually something that I ever worry about. You use it where you need to, and you don't use it where you don't need to.
The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.
Dying is something we human beings do continuously, not just at the end of our physical lives on this earth.
Had I been more responsible I might have made something of myself as a junk bond trader, long-haul trucker or perhaps a plumbing contractor.
I was lucky to be involved and get to contribute to something that was important, which is empowering people with software.
Every person has a longing to be significant; to make a contribution; to be a part of something noble and purposeful.
But from the time I was very little, it was something I would do all the time, just sing, dance and act. So it wasn't something that was fake or contrived as I got older.
I'm happy to buy something that was previously owned, as long as I can get it conveniently.
The conventionality of the English is something I find unattractive - the whole lack of joy in the physical.
The cookbooks and the writing in general have been a real bonus, but it's not something I've ever pursued... I've been lucky, I guess.
I would definitely be interested in doing a cooking show or something related to cooking, and I think probably most immediately, I would do a cookbook.
We had a huge audience, we sold truckloads of albums. If we do something that's cool, people will listen to it. If we don't, we would be selling people short.
So the old Copenhagen interpretation needs to be generalized, needs to be replaced by something that can be used for the whole universe, and can be used also in cases where there is plenty of individuality and history.
I usually write on a computer - unless I get stuck, at which point I switch to write by hand. I think that's common among writers if they get cornered on something.
