"This is 2003, 2004. And then I started - after the Patriot Act, I would always get my financial packages in the mail and they would just be opened. And it was like, what is going on here?"

“Slavery is nothing to joke about! And the history of this nation's [the USA's] involvement with slavery is nothing to pass off in a joke.”

Source : Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

“Dive deep into the ocean, Sita, and you will find that the greatest treasures you find are the illusions you leave behind.”

“I was always trying to do things to make school fun.”

“When I was doing stunts, I had lots of cuts on my body because of the chain. Even though everybody took care of me, I still got hurt.”

“The philosophy of the rich and the poor is this: the rich invest their money and spend what is left. The poor spend their money and invest what is left.”

“A product needs to be sufficiently innovative to distinguish itself from the pack, but not so forward thinking as to alienate the user.”

“For Yesterday was once To-morrow.”

Source : Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis, Aulus Persius Flaccus, John Dryden (1693). “The Satires, Translated Into English Verse by J. Dryden ... Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus Made English by Mr. Dryden”

“Self-knowledge is essential not only to writing, but to doing almost anything really well. It allows you to work through from a deep place - from the deep, dark corners of your subconscious mind.”

Source : "How to write fiction: Meg Rosoff on finding your voice". www.theguardian.com. October 18, 2011.