Every accepted public quote

“When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.”

“I don't know if I'm attention deficit, but I certainly am easily distracted by other things.”

“There's a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at.”

“I really love scary movies, so I'm all about Halloween.”

“Right from my childhood, I have believed in a Supreme Power. I don't know whether it has form, or it is formless. I am a high school dropout. How come life has given me so much? It's not my...”

“People say, 'Dream big!' - but you have to think about the logistics. It's not just coming up with a great idea; it's how you can sell or market or promote that great idea.”

“I don't think closeted homosexual morticians have the market cornered on self-loathing or sense of shame.”

“I think it's fun to get in a room and sweat with people. I'm happy to share my workouts with everyone.”

“We have to have a school board that's actually gonna be able to function and that has true parent representatives on it.”

“And then the conditions of safety - or lack of safety - for teachers in public schools, and the disparity between public schools and private schools is shameful.”

“There is no destination in marriage. It is the journey that matters.”

“The hardest weeks for me are when I get to a course that I've never been to before or one that has been through a redesign.”

“Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.”

“Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did.”

“The power of love depends on the level of awareness and consciousness.”

“I never intended to be a defense contractor in the first place.”

“Nobody told David Clarke what to think, what to feel, what to say, what to believe in, who to marry, what kind of food to eat - you know that thing that the race hustlers like to say defines...”

“Had we lived I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead...”

“I know I live a charmed, beautiful life and nobody wants to hear a celebrity whine. The last thing I want to do is complain; I love what I do and I know every job comes with a downside.”

“I've always liked Tina Turner.”

“I was 3 and a half, and there was an open call for a Coca-Cola commercial. We were living around Dallas, and my mom took me. I think they were calling for 16-year-olds that could ride horses...”

“In particular, what I loved about 'Creep' and 'The One I Love' was the combination of naturalism, horror, and comedy that felt kind of new and fun.”

“The bond forged between us was not one that could be broken by absence, distance, or time. And no matter how much more special or beautiful or brilliant or perfect than me he might be, he wa...”

“Yes, there is no good pretending, it is hard to leave everything.”

“When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.”

“When you're shooting, there's terrible pressure, and you never switch off. Every day is like the day before an exam; it's relentless.”

“The story of the decadence of the cathedral as a moral power, a spiritual energizer in civilization, is the sad but inevitable story of dogmatism. It is the story of the struggle of free tho...”

“I am 100% in the camp that says forgiveness is mostly about the forgiver.”

“Fitting in is boring. But it takes you nearly your whole life to work that out.”

“In 1984, I gave a speech at Notre Dame titled 'Religious Belief and Public Morality.' I said that Catholic legislators will live by the laws of the church because we want to stay in the club...”

“Cutting into color reminds me of the sculptor's direct carving.”

“A strong, unwavering relationship between the U.S. and its allies Japan and South Korea is necessary for the national and economic security of all three countries.”

“If you are confiding in someone, it needs to be the woman in your life. If that woman is your mother, you may as well scuttle back under her petticoats and let the real women in pencil skirt...”

“The biology of emotional freedom depends on getting your endorphins flowing and turning off your stress hormones. How you achieve this? Laughter, exercise, meditation and doing anything that...”

“The United Nations is a mess, riddled with scandals. In fact, the U.N. itself is a scandal.”

“You know when people say, 'How do you go from Kanye to Wiz Khalifa - that's a downgrade.' But the only question I can ask them is: 'Have you ever dated Kanye? Because I have, and believe me,...”

“That's true, because I'm a photographer now.”

“The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.”

“In the post-Soviet era, instead of freedom, various stripes of autocratic-totalitarianism have flourished: Russian, Belarusian, Kazakh... We are finding our way out from under the debris of...”

“How can any person with a myopic view and harbouring intense parochial attitude even think of leading the nation?”

“I don't start with the characters. I start with the series of events that will provide the conflict and how it can be resolved. Characters are incidental.”

“Was I in a nativity play? I think I was an angel; I was a very blonde child, so I tended to get typecast. I have a vague memory of wearing wings.”

“The principal role of a logo is to identify, and simplicity is its means... Its effectiveness depends on distinctiveness, visibility, adaptability, memorability, universality, and timelessne...”

“After I got popular, my company gave me a new car. It's not a personal car, but for schedule purposes. It's a little bigger than a Carnival. It even plays TV and DVD!”

“Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson.”

“I'm going to do a lot of weird stuff that's not going to be like me prancing around like an insane 12-year-old. I showed everybody that side of me and I think it's time to do different stuff...”

“My work in the theater began to shift more towards young audience type of work and education programs for children, arts education programs.”

“For millennia, human beings have been finding new ways to look at the world through each others' eyes: from projecting ourselves onto the characters in novels or movies to dressing up in cos...”