It's A Very Bad Habit, But One

Make Sure Your Family And Loved Ones Don’t Interrupt You During Your Writing Time. If You’re A Lawyer Or Doctor, Friends Don’t Just Stop By The Office To Chat Or Interrupt You From Your Work. But For Some Reason, People Think Writing Is Different. It Isn’t, And You Need To Make Clear That This Is Sacred Time.

I Would Have To Say The Novel 'war And Peace' Influenced Me More Than Any Other Book. This Greatest Of Novels Demonstrated To Me The Enormous Power Of Literature And Fired Me Up With A Desire To Become A Writer, To Participate In What I Considered Then To Be The Greatest Of All Endeavors.

There Is Nothing Inherently Wrong About Science.

Hubris And Science Are Incompatible.

The Mandalas Were Meant To Be Objects Of Contemplation, Aids To Meditation, Their Proportions Magically Balanced To Purify And Calm The Mind. To Stare At A Mandala Was To Experience, If Only Briefly, The Nothingness That Is At The Heart Of Enlightenment.