Derrick Jensen I get asked quite often if I’m an anarchist. If they want to put a label on me, that’s fine. What is most important to me is to live in a world that is not being murdered. – Derrick Jensen Anarchist Quotes Fine Quotes Label Quotes Live Quotes Murdered Quotes Part of the problem is that we have become so dependent upon this system that is killing and exploiting us, it has become almost impossible for us to imagine living outside of it, and it’s very difficult physically for us to live outside of it. My audience consists mainly of people who already recognize how bad this culture is, and I want to push them to become more radical. It doesn’t really matter to me if they are Left or Right.
Bruce Beresford At HBO, they seem to be well-informed. They make what I think are really quite mature films. – Bruce Beresford
Michael Paterniti When in my writing lair, I have no access to the Web. Otherwise, I’m like one of those lab rats on too much sugar. To compile my Google searches would be to see my sludgy, allusive brain at work. – Michael Paterniti
Daniel Tammet My autism is a very mild form. It was diagnosed at the age of 25, partly because it wasn’t diagnosable as a teenager (this is Asperger’s syndrome, specifically). But there were certainly traits within that condition, within the autism spectrum in general, especially at the high functioning end, that I think are best looked at as pluses. – Daniel Tammet
CommunicationKnowledgeMikhail Varshavski I think, in picking a doctor, you should focus less on the degree and more on their knowledge, bedside manner, communication, and patients’ experiences. – Mikhail Varshavski
Karen DeCrow One year, I was a patron of a new opera. It was, to put it kindly, unpleasant to the ear. The friends I went with hated it. Keeping quiet about my contribution, I was outed when one of them, reading the program at the restaurant during dinner, saw my name. – Karen DeCrow
Ellie Goulding I record stuff all the time, like little vocal things. I write random things down… Sometimes I just get things stuck in my head and I record them, and that actually becomes a song quite a lot of the time. – Ellie Goulding
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