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I want to be defined by my own essence.

I was always a bit concerned about purity of essence. I never wanted a job that might affect the way I wrote or thought.

That whose existence is necessary must necessarily be one essence.

The essence of man is, discontent, divine discontent; a sort of love without a beloved, the ache we feel in a member we no longer have.

Your surroundings may change but your essence and your personality pretty much stay the same.

I think in the early part of my career, the roles were so disparate that it never gave anybody an opportunity to understand my essence and what I would be good at doing, as opposed to what I would not be good at doing, so these little moments of beautiful things that were happening to me were consistent, but very few and very far between.

I'm interested in the essence of things. If you pare things down, what's left? It's like I'm trying to describe the soul to an alien.

A novel captures essence that is not possible in any other form.

Essence is something I always enjoy, because I love New Orleans. Since they brought it back to New Orleans, it's a special place to me. We been doing it since the beginning. We did it when it was in Houston, but there's nothing like New Orleans.

If there is one creature that represents my essence, it's butterflies.