I study religion because I find it fascinating and problematic. But I struggle with the idea of what religion is, what being religious means. A lot of people assume that if you write about early Christianity, you must be some kind of Sunday-school teacher.

I am drawn to women who are independent and creative, which is problematic because it's a struggle, a competition of careers. There's jealousy.

I don't know where anyone ever got the idea that technology, in and of itself, was a savior. Like all human-created 'progress,' computers are problematic, giving and taking away.

We need men and women to sit down and talk to each other about sex honestly and openly. That would help us fight Aids so immediately. But our lack of communication is hugely problematic.

For a writer, capturing that elusive Christmas morning magic can be deeply problematic.

Writing is really a way of thinking--not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.

Page 142: "When a spouse says to the alcoholic, "you need to go to AA," that is obviously not true. The addict feels no need to do that at all, and isn't. But when she says, "I am moving out and will be open to getting back together when you are getting treatment for your addiction," then all of a sudden the addict feels "I need to get some help or I am going to lose my marriage." The need has been transferred. It is the same with any kind of problematic behavior of a person who is not taking feedback and ownership. The need and drive to do something about it must be transferred to that person, and that is done through having consequences that finally make him feel the pain instead of others. When he feels the pain, he will feel the need to change...A plan that has hope is one that limits your exposure to the foolish person's issues and forces him to feel the consequences of his performance so that he might have hope of waking up and changing.

No pudimos impedir que se abriesen grietas. El problema que tienen las grietas es que mantienen en pie algo que antes era s?lido, no se abren lo suficiente como para que eso se desmorone. Pero est?n ah?. Est?n latentes. Y cuando llueve..., cuando llueve el agua sale por todas partes.

He paused, twisting his goatee, considering the law in Deuteronomy that forbade clothes with mixed fibers. A problematic bit of Scripture. A matter that required thought. "Only the devil wants man to have a wide range of lightweight and comfortable styles to choose from," he murmured at last, trying out a new proverb. "Although there may be no forgiveness for polyester. On this one matter, Satan and the Lord are in agreement.

"Essas duas hist?rias - a do lado de dentro e a do lado de fora - podem ser contadas sobre cada um de n?s. Ao cham?-las de 'hist?rias' n?o pretendo diminu?-las. Algumas s?o, apesar de tudo, verdadeiras. O problema ? que temos muita dificuldade em ver como ambas as hist?rias que contamos sobre n?s podem ser verdadeiras. O efeito da segunda hist?ria, aquela contada do lado de fora, parece uma dr?stica realoca??o do nosso papel na trama. Longe de sermos o personagem principal da hist?ria, estamos reduzidos a um figura??o. A hist?ria do lado de dentro gira ao nosso redor, mas na outra hist?ria cada um de n?s ? apenas um simples personagem em meio a muitos outros, um personagem cuja entrada em cena ? determinada por outras pessoas e que n?o tem nenhum controle real sobre a hora da sua sa?da do palco. As coisas que impulsinam nossas vidas, as coisas que queremos, nossos planos, projetos e metas - aquilo que podemos chamar de nossa motiva??o - s?o o resultado de for?as que n?o controlamos. Aparentemente, nosso papel foi escrito por outra pessoa. Temos pouco controle sobre o seu conte?do e n?o temos a menos ideia de qual ? o seu sentido.

For the same reason there is nowhere to begin to trace the sheaf or the graphics of differance. For what is put into question is precisely the quest for a rightful beginning, an absolute point of departure, a principal responsibility. The problematic of writing is opened by putting into question the value of the arkhe. What I will propose here will not be elaborated simply as a philosophical discourse, operating according to principles, postulates, axioms, or definitions, and proceeding along the discursive lines of a linear order of reasons. In the delineation of differance everything is strategic and adventurous. Strategic because no transcendent truth present outside the field of writing can govern theologically the totality of the field. Adventurous because this strategy is a not simple strategy in the sense that strategy orients tactics according to a final goal, a telos or theme of domination, a mastery and ultimate reappropriation of the development of the field. Finally, a strategy without finality, what might be called blind tactics, or empirical wandering if the value of empiricism did not itself acquire its entire meaning in opposition to philosophical responsibility. If there is a certain wandering in the tracing of differance, it no more follows the lines of philosophical-logical discourse than that of its symmetrical and integral inverse, empirical-logical discourse. The concept of play keeps itself beyond this opposition, announcing, on the eve of philosophy and beyond it, the unity of chance and necessity in calculations without end.

?A qu? se reduce, pues, el progreso? Progresa la ciencia, progresa la t?cnica. El hombre de nuestros d?as maneja t?cnicas cuyos fundamentos ignora, pero cuyos resultados aprovecha. La pseudo-doctrina del progreso diviniza el futuro y espera el advenimiento de un estado perfecto. En una ?poca que no se precisa, la historia universal de la humanidad habr? resuelto todos sus problemas. Lo que cuenta es el hombre futuro. Las generaciones presentes son simples eslabones sin ninguna finalidad propia. El presente se evapora en aras de un progresismo inocente y filisteo.

What will be left of all the fearing and wanting associated with your problematic life situation that every day takes up most of your attention? A dash, one or two inches long, between the date of birth and date of death on your gravestone.

I am drawn to women who are independent and creative which is problematic because it's a struggle a competition of careers. There's jealousy.

The lunch in a normal American restaurant is very problematic for me. I don't like to have hot food for lunch.

We need men and women to sit down and talk to each other about sex honestly and openly. That would help us fight Aids so immediately. But our lack of communication is hugely problematic.