February 2012
4 posts
“What enemy? The human heart only is the enemy. And who can find the cure for our...”
– Pavlo Tychyna, from his poem “War”
“Comics are a gateway drug to literacy.”
– Art Spiegelman
“A good woman can make a diamond out of a measly lump of coal.”
– Tom Waits, from “Raised Right Man”
“Any painting, if it’s any good, is a love affair.”
– Chris Cross (Edward G. Robinson) in Scarlet Street
January 2012
7 posts
Bartender: What'r'ya drinkin'?
Me: Water. I'm a lightweight. It's sad, I know.
Bartender smile, walks away.
Me (to Marinell): Is there a cure for that?
Marinell: Yeah, the bar!
“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Every thing possible to be believ’d in is an image of truth.”
– William Blake
“Part of being a writer is just putting yourself in the shoes of your characters...”
– Jay Faerber, writer/creator - Near Death
“Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know.”
– Lao Tzu, from Tao Te Ching, Verse 56
“See simplicity in the complicated. Achieve greatness in little things.”
– Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, Verse 63
December 2011
4 posts
“When there’s a moon the shadows in the house grow larger;
invisible hands...”
– Yannis Ritsos, from “The Fourth Dimension”
“Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.”
– Isaac Asimov
“Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch...”
– Winnie the Pooh
“All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things...”
– Lao Tzu
November 2011
10 posts
“To get anything out of this life you gotta put something in it from the heart.”
– from Nicolas Ray’s On Dangerous Ground
“Genius gives birth, talent delivers.”
– Jack Kerouac, in his essay “Are Writers Made or Born?”
“Friend, we have become brothers in our own / time of being kings.”
– Dani Shanberg
“When the block is carved, it becomes useful.”
– Lao Tzu, from Tao Te Ching, Verse 28
“There is no greater sin than desire, / No greater curse than discontent, / No...”
– Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching (#46)
“A truly good person is not aware of his or her goodness, / And is therefore...”
– Lao Tzu, from Tao Te Ching (#38)
“The only way down from the gallows is to swing.”
– Tom Waits
October 2011
5 posts
Jim Lockey - Drawings: VISIBLE TOM WAITS- tshirts,... →
jimlockeydrawings:
To celebrate my visible Tom Waits picture making well over 3000 likes and reposts within a week, I’m making it available to buy as a t-shirt / hoody / iphone case / and a print.
http://society6.com/JimLockey (opens in new window)
This pic is already going around the internet without being…
“Get a job, save your money, listen to Jane / Everybody knows umbrellas will cost...”
– Tom Waits, from “Talking At The Same Time” off of BAD AS ME
“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
– Ray Bradbury
14 tags
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”
– Steve Jobs
September 2011
13 posts
“…The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
And when...”
– “Outside the Wall” by Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)
“We apologize for the inconvenience.”
– God’s Final Message to His Creation
“It seemed to me that any civilization that had so far lost its head as to need...”
– Wonko the Sane, from SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH
“Take me to your Lizard.”
– A silver robot from SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH
“Shuddering under the autumn stars, each year, the head sinks lower and lower.”
– George Trakl
“He who asks a question is a fool for a minute; he who does not remains a fool...”
– Chinese proverb
“We are asleep with compasses in our hands.”
– W.S. Merwin
“Be not simply good, be good for something.”
– Henry David Thoreau
“All I have is wishbones and spines and my green heart.”
– Julia Haltigan, from her awesome song “My Green Heart”
“Life is like a grapefruit…it’s sort of orangy-yellow and dimpled on...”
– Ford Prefect, from SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH
3 tags
“As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude...”
– Henry David Thoreau
August 2011
13 posts
“Fame is a drag to anybody who wants new work done.”
– Jack Kerouac
“You see, I had been riding with the storm clouds, and had come to earth as rain,...”
– Black Elk
“Once you know what it is you want to be true, instinct is a very useful device...”
– Douglas Adams, from SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH
“The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying...”
– Robert Penn Warren
“Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.”
– Ogden Nash
“We might all profit by a closer study of Classical literature.”
– from WHITE HEAT
“I’m just homesick for the moon…”
– Julia Haltigan