In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices. – Irwin Shaw
I honestly believe that TV generally is obsessed with the ratings battle to the point of cutting its own throat. – Jonathan Dimbleby
With the exception of certain rodents, no other vertebrate except Homo sapiens habitually destroys members of his own species. – Anthony Storr
Poetry seems to be the only weapon able to beat language, using language’s own means. – Joseph Brodsky
You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own. – Billy Joel
I don’t want to govern the Palestinians. I don’t want them as subjects of Israel or as citizens of Israel. I want them to have their own independent state but a demilitarized state. – Benjamin Netanyahu
I’ve noticed with my own kids, it seems like they have so much more homework than I did. – John Lasseter
Simply put, the Internet undermines the ability of an institution to control its own narrative. – Jamais Cascio
A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image. – Joan Didion
Being involved in the well-being and advancement of one’s own community is a most natural thing to do. – Clarence Clemons