"There is something hidden in each sensation."

“I always wanted to do a story on the blues that not only reflected its nature and its content, but also alludes to the form itself…In short, a story that gives you the impression of the blues.”

“I get the music, I get the beats. And I go to the studios and write the lyrics.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Despair can be like an iron band constricting the heart.”

“Is your relationship strong enough to survive a trip to Ikea? Is their furniture strong enough to survive a relationship? Have you ever bought a bed there?”

“I've always had to create my own markets and I've always been at a juncture in my career.”

“In daily life, reality gives us material incentives to restrain our irrationality. But what incentive do we have to think rationally about politics?”

Source : Bryan Caplan (2008). “The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies (New Edition)”, p.206, Princeton University Press

“The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.”

Source : James Allen (2016). “The James Allen Companion”, p.312, Simon and Schuster

“I don't want people to love me. It makes for obligations.”

Source : Jean Anouilh, Lillian Hellman (1999). “The Lark”, p.52, Dramatists Play Service Inc