#th

People today sometimes get uncomfortable with empirical claims that seem to clash with their political assumptions, often because they haven't given much thought to the connections. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#because #claims #clash #connections #empirical

I imagine a child. That child is me. I can reconstruct and vividly remember portions of my own childhood. I can see, taste, smell, feel, and hear them. Then what I do is, not write about that kid or about his world, but start to think of a book that would have pleased him. ↗

— Daniel Pinkwater

#book #child #childhood #feel #hear

I'd always liked to write, but I never wanted to be a writer, because it seemed a sissy occupation. It is. To this day, I find it terribly easy. And so, rather than trying to hunt up a text, I just wrote one. ↗

— Daniel Pinkwater

#because #day #easy #find #hunt

Well you know, it's true that as a fat person I run a greater risk of heart disease, diabetes, and a number of other things. But guess what? The amount of that risk is almost infinitessimal! ↗

— Daniel Pinkwater

#amount #diabetes #disease #fat #greater

Werewolves are much more common animals than you might think. ↗

— Daniel Pinkwater

#might #more #much #than #think

I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#accept #found #government #i #knighthood

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#critical #i #i think #intelligence #intend

Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#clean #clinton #contempt #ever #guises

I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my plays. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#beckett #been #charming #him #i

I would encourage anybody struggling with their sexuality to go with their heart. If it's not an appropriate time, there will be one later. Never, ever try to rush into anything - do it in your own time. ↗

— Danny Pintauro

#anything #appropriate #appropriate time #encourage #ever