The Conjunction of Two Legends
I read their quotes today, and kapow! I wasn’t expecting a conjunction quite so personal to my whole entire life!
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“I’m very precocious in some ways, and I think the most dramatic way is this: I knew — I don’t know how — at a very early age that there simply would not be enough time to do everything I wanted; to do everything well; to even get a taste of what the world had to offer. And this frightened and enraged me, and so I sped things up to try to get a little more before I spun right off the globe. And I think I was right. I think you fight time; I think you fight stupidity; I think you fight the easy, mediocre, silly way things are normally done. I think it is utterly insane to wait to see what might happen for you. I think our job is to make it happen. And I did.” — Bette Davis in an Interview with James Grissom in 1984
Then this:
“Am I in love? Absolutely. I’m in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I’m a passionate lover. I fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I’m unable to love anyone tangible. I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.” — James Dean
