Sean Penn

"…For those who saw the signs of hatred as our cars drove in tonight, I think that it is a good time for those who voted for the ban against gay marriage to sit and reflect, and anticipate their great shame, and the shame in their grandchildren's eyes, if they continue that way of support. We’ve got to have equal rights for everyone...I’m very, very proud to live in a country that is willing to elect an elegant man president, and a country who, for all its toughness, creates courageous artists." 

-Sean Penn, in his Oscar acceptance speech

Amen, Sean!

Marianne Moore

"Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads."

-Marianne Moore

Georgia O'Keeffe

“I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life -- and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.” 

-Georgia O'Keeffe

In Memoriam

Wolfie

"To call him a dog hardly seems to do him justice, though inasmuch as he had four legs, a tail, and barked, I admit he was, to all outward appearances. But to those who knew him well, he was a perfect gentleman."     -Hermione Gingold

John Updike, 1932-2009

"Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them."

-John Updike

Click here for Updike's obituary in The New York Times.

Soren Kierkegaard

"Once you label me, you negate me."

-Soren Kierkegaard

Oscar Wilde

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."   

-Oscar Wilde

Herman Hesse

"If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us."  

-Herman Hesse

Milan Kundera

"All great novels, all true novels, are bisexual."  -Milan Kundera