Feelings or emotions are the universal language and are to be honored. They are the authentic expression of who you are at your deepest place.
It's so easy to call something a Jewish story or a gay story or a woman's story. Aesthetically, if a story is not universal, it has failed. Your obligation is to the story. One rule creatively, and emotionally, is its universality.
Right out of the University of California I had passed the bar, but Colorado was one of those places where anybody could come and nobody would ask what your background was or how long you had been here. So I took to the place with a liking.
Divorce isn't the child's fault. Don't say anything unkind about your ex to the child, because you're really just hurting the child.
What takes Hollywood weeks and months to film takes professional wrestlers and the companies behind them literally minutes to put together. A spontaneous explosion of emotion unleashed before your very eyes.
In 1960, it was still - no nostalgia here - an age when you could leave your door unlocked even in urban neighborhoods.
Where I grew up, the one unmistakable sign of homosexuality was to betray some interest in your appearance.
So, my advice to young scientists is, think critically about your work; probably don't blab unnecessarily.
If your advertising goes unnoticed, everything else is academic.
Make yourself do unpleasant things so as to gain the upper hand of your soul.
I grew up playing on unprepared surfaces where your wicket depended on quickly adapting to the bounce. As a kid, I could never differentiate off-spin from leg-spin. All I looked to do was to try to hit the ball before it pitched.
Never raise your hand to your children - it leaves your midsection unprotected.
Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected.
There are many random, unprotected sites online that appear safe to use and are ready to accept credit card information. You wouldn't give a stranger off the street your credit card information, so be extra cautious about who you are sharing it with online.
Thinking about quantum physics is like unraveling your brain and putting it back together again upside down. Much like studying Kabbalah.
Your love to me was like an unread book.
I think it would be very difficult to maintain one kind of art or whatever for your whole life. I think it's unrealistic.
First and foremost, 'Call Me by Your Name' is a story about love, and first loves, and unrequited, and then, later, requited love.
It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.
Your experiences are what made you what you are today. So when tragedy happens in people's lives, and things are left unsaid, it can be very unsettling. The lack of closure can linger.
