"To lose one parent is a tragedy, to lose both is utter carelessness."

“I'm expressin' with my full capabilities, And now I'm livin in correctional facilities. Cause some don't agree with how I do this, I get straight and meditate like a Buddhist.”

“I'm obviously very keen on the theater and I think it's inevitable that some of the orchestral and chamber pieces have got dramatic elements which might even suggest an unspecified dramatic plot of some kind or other, even though it's not in my mind at the time.”

“Nobody will ever notice that. Filmmaking is not about the tiny details. It's about the big picture.”

Source : "Fictional character: Ed Wood". "Ed Wood", 1994.

“If you see the world as beautiful, thrilling and mysterious, as I think I do, then you feel quite alive.”

“The Europeans must now honor their commitments. That is the position that France is defending.”

“I was born with the devil in me. I could not help the fact that I was a murderer, no more than the poet can help the inspiration to sing..I was born with the evil one standing as my sponsor beside the bed where I was ushered into the world, and he has been with me since.”

“A beautiful and binding morning The world outside begins to breathe See clouds arriving without warning I need you here to shelter me. If I could make these moments endless If I could stop the winds of change If we just keep our eyes wide open Then everything would stay the same And I know that only time will tell me how We'll carry on without each other So keep me awake for every moment Give us more time to be this way We can't stay like this forever But I can have you next to me today”

“Ideas are the engines of progress. They improve people's lives by creating better ways to do things. They build and grow successful organizations and keep them healthy and prosperous. Without the ability to get new ideas, an organization stagnates and declines and will eventually be eliminated by competitors who do have fresh ideas.”

Source : Alan G. Robinson (2009). “Ideas Are Free: How the Idea Revolution Is Liberating People and Transforming Organizations: Easyread Edition”, p.3, ReadHowYouWant.com