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I was never afraid of failure after that because, I think, coming that close to death you get kissed. With the years, the actual experience of course fades, but the flavor of it Does not. I just had a real sense of what choice do I have but to live fully?

My parents had an experience of life that is as opposite to mine as you can imagine.

It is wonderful to be in love. And it is definitely wonderful to cuddle and have sex and get to experience life with somebody. But it is OK if you do not find him and you are 24. You can find it someday.

No matter what his position or experience in life, there is in everyone more latent than developed ability far more unused than used power.

I felt alienated by the experience and decided to stay away from corporate employment.

The printed page conveys information and commitment, and requires active involvement. Television conveys emotion and experience, and it is very limited in what it can do logically. It is an existential experience - there and then gone.

None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can not teach people that - they have to learn by experience.

I enjoy writing but I much prefer the experience of having written.

The fact that I am a writer comes from the experience of being cut away from my roots and living in Venezuela, where I couldn't find a place for myself, for years and years.

People were being so mean as a result of my ability - a gift, really. So I think that is what makes me fight harder to provide an option to aspiring kids or artists. I wouldn't want anyone to go through what I went through... to see a little girl or a little dancer experience such unnecessary rejection.

I have the ordinary experience of being anonymous when I am in an airplane talking to air-traffic control, and they do not know who they are talking to. I have a lot of common experiences.

To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings they experience everyday, and otherwise wouldn't have the means to express in a meaningful and useful way.

Making movies is a very different experience in a lot of ways. It is difficult when you are used to owning the copyright and having a landlord's possessory rights - I rent my plays to the companies that do them and, if I am upset, I can pull the play. But the only two directors I have worked with are pretty great.

Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.

That is one of the benefits of working on big budget films. You work with people who have a lot of experience and you get to learn a lot.

I was an only child. I have known only children. From this experience, I do believe that the children should outnumber the parents.

Film is such a bizarre vehicle for acting. It is such a bizarre experience. I do not think you ever really get familiar with it. If you do get familiar with it, you are probably not that good anymore.

When a novel has 200,000 words, then it is possible for the reader to experience 200,000 delights, and to turn back to the first page of the book and experience them all over again, perhaps more intensely.

I definitely feel more complete than before. There is a void you have when you do not feel you've found the other part of who you are, so I am in a different place now and that is nice to experience.