“Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world, about life, and… — Clark Zlotchew Copy Share Image
Gangs have always existed - they are primarily a community a young men trying to find intensity, meaning, a path to the… — Luis J. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
As an inventor, it's a rite of passage to have an engine. I'd like to have my own engine someday. — Lonnie Johnson Copy Share Image
“...man becomes a soft, flabby, weak creature. This is especially true in a privileged society like that found in the United States,… — Dave Nichols Copy Share Image
“Your pain is a divine rite of passage through which you will be reborn as a being of strength, wisdom and purpose.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
I'm not going to recommend recklessness but somewhere just short of it - testing yourself and proactively pursuing a rite of passage… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
I liked the idea of creating a new pop-culture, folkloric hero character that I created with 'Django' that I think's gonna last… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
I can't believe it's actually happening. This is independent adulthood, this is what it feels like. Shouldn't there be some sort of… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
He's a very nice man and all that, easy to get along with, fun, he never makes me cry. But is that… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“There are worse things than being thirty-five, single, and female in New York. Like: Being twenty-five, singled, and female in New York.… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
I wanted to play a TV detective because it's a rite of passage; I wanted to experience every area of acting. I… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
I believe that pain can be a rite of passage into learning. I believe that the worse thing that can happen is… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I come from a place where to go to prison is like a rite of passage. It's something that you gain respect… — Ashley Walters Copy Share Image
By the time I got to college in the '90s, virtually every young woman I knew was on the pill. It was… — Faith Salie Copy Share Image
“Though we are addicted to instant gratification, we are seldom gratified because, although we are making everything possible now, we are seldom… — Michael L. Brown Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment,… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
“You cannot be a hero unless you are prepared to give up everything; there is no ascent to the heights without a… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Allowing yourself to stop reading a book - at page 25, 50, or even, less frequently, a few chapters from the end… — Sara Nelson Copy Share Image
“Every missed rite of passage leads to a new rigidification of the personality.” — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
