"How did you go bankrupt?" Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly."

“Idealization of a group is a natural consequence of separation from the group; in other words, it is a by-product of alienation.”

“I don't want to be nasty but let's just say Robbie Williams is no Freddie Mercury.”

“The overall purpose of human communication is - or should be - reconciliation. It should ultimately serve to lower or remove the walls of misunderstanding which unduly separate us human beings, one from another.”

Source : M. Scott Peck (2010). “The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace”, p.257, Simon and Schuster

“I'm afraid the parenting advice to come out of developmental psychology is very boring: pay attention to your kids and love them.”

“I'd go somewhere where no one spoke. I would take a stack of books up to my hips, and I'd read nonstop. And I'd be reading naked.”

“I love the freedom of writing and then I love the realization of directing. I can't favor one or the other. I enjoy both parts of the process.”

Source : "Interview with Dee Rees – Writer and Director of Pariah". Interview with Melissa Silverstein, www.indiewire.com. December 27, 2011.

“Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.”

“A ship's a fool to fight a fort.”