Quotes About Clarity

The Real is ever-present, like the screen on which the cinematographic pictures move. While the picture appears on it, the screen remains invisible. Stop the picture, and the screen will become clear. All thoughts and events are merely pictures moving on the screen of Pure Consciousness, which alone is real.

I do some of my best thinking while pulling weeds.

I had seen my buddies crash and burn. Keith Moon died, and I always thought that was the way he wanted to go. John Belushi was a dear friend. A lot of the guys that I ran with were ending up dead, and I saw myself right on schedule to do that. I had some moments of clarity - once in a while.

I lost my head for a little while.

When I work I am pure as an angel tiger and clear is my eye and hot my brain and silent all the whining grunting piglets of the appetites.

Sometimes something opens up in your brain as I'm writing, thinking about the song, and it's like a whirlwind. It all comes together and I could hear what I wanted the songs to sound like, I just didn't know how to express it.

Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.

Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it.

Darren Aronofsky is on another level. You get lost in a scene, and he'll come over and whisper something in your ear, and suddenly everything makes sense.

We don't always agree on stuff, but when it's time to blow the whistle and start the game, we're not still debating.

Everything is very black and white for me. I don't really like playing mind games.

You can only do what you can do in this world. If you start thinking of all the white noise out there, I think you'll go crazy.

I call white the most powerful non-color; it's clean, optimistic, powerful.

White is pure and simple and matches with everything.

Some girls like to say one thing and mean another. And me being who I am, I'm very straightforward. Everything is very black and white for me. I don't really like playing mind games.

It's not hard to get your way when it's your way or the highway. People either follow suit or they're not around. I don't really like the sound of that, 'cause that sounds like a temper tantrum. I'm just very black and white when it comes to my business. There's really no gray area.

England is so black and white, so plain, like a burger with nothing on it. No salad, nothing. That's why it's so real.

It's unfortunate that in an interview sometimes things can seem so black and white.

U.S. foreign policy is Manichaean. It's like a Hollywood movie. You have to know who has the white hat and who has the black hat and then go against the black hat.

In a litigation-happy society, clear agreements often prevent small disagreements from becoming big ones.

Avoid miscommunication. The price you pay for it is horrendous.

I kind of muddled through 'Pride & Prejudice,' but with 'Atonement,' I knew what I was doing. That makes it sound like I had no doubt. I had doubts - I didn't know whether it would work. But I knew exactly what I wanted to try to do.

I briefly thought of becoming a priest but quickly saw that would be ridiculous.

Writing has always been the primary way I make sense of the world.