"My biggest celebrity crush is either Ryan Reynolds or Caleb Followill, the lead singer of Kings of Leon."

“The first great real intimacy between two people begins when secrets are told.”

Source : Jonathan Carroll (2014). “Bathing the Lion”, p.95, St. Martin's Press

“Egyptians are like camels: they can put up with beatings, humiliation and starvation for a long time but when they rebel they do so suddenly and with a force that is impossible to control.”

Source : FaceBook post by Alaa Al Aswany from Nov 26, 2012

“The music I wanted to get into when I went to California, was to, uh, get into, uh, pop, mostly. And the big band era was on at that time. I was doing the "Mona Lisa"s, the "Stardust"s, "Stars Fell On Alabama," all this kind of stuff. And that was my thing that I wanted.”

Source : "In The Groove". "Rock and Roll", openvault.wgbh.org. September 1995.

“Good writing is clear. Talented writing is energetic. Good writing avoids errors. Talented writing makes things happen in the reader's mind---vividly, forcefully...”

Source : Samuel R. Delany (2013). “About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, & Five Interviews”, p.16, Wesleyan University Press

“I'm THE BEST IN THE WORLD!”

“I am one of the writers who wish to create serious works of literature which dissociate themselves from those novels which are mere reflections of the vast consumer cultures of Tokyo and the subcultures of the world at large.”

“True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.”

“In order to find out who you are, you will, at some point, have to feel really isolated, left out, different.”