The Cards Speak

“If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced there is, no one has ever been able to reduce it to a recipe that can be passed from one person to another. The formula seems to lie solely in the aching urge of the writer to convey something he feels important to [...]

“Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them — a desire, a dream, a vision.” – Muhammad Ali Living in Ireland for 5 years, and now Germany, I don’t watch much TV.  Over the past ten years, the only TV I watch is after the third or fourth [...]

This cracked me up. Google Translate is awesome.

It is said that what is called the Spirit of an Age is something to which one cannot return. That this spirit gradually dissipates is due to the world’s coming to an end. In the same way, a single year does not have just spring or summer. A single day, too, is the same. For [...]

“Why are we underground right now, sir? Why can’t we be out in the open? Why aren’t we in a square right now? Why aren’t we talking to people, letting them know Item 9 exists? Get it out. Shout off the rooftops: ‘This is great! This is the bee’s knees, Item 9!’” –Pineapple Express There seems to [...]