"Of course people take something good and turn it negative."

“When you have a lot of construction going on, it sends a message of vitality that builds up consumer confidence. It gets people to spend money when they see that energy, that things are happening.”

“Once I started reinventing for myself what being an artist was - not going into a studio, but making things on my own terms in response to being out in the world - I started to really enjoy it... I realized that everything else for me was hell.”

“It's a luxury to be able to tell a long form story. I love novels, and I love to have a long relationship with characters.”

“Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war, but on the love of peace. It will not be the abstaining from an act, but the coming of a state of mind.”

Source : Julien Benda (2011). “The Treason of the Intellectuals”, p.184, Transaction Publishers

“It is extremely important that individuals in the state of California do not own assault weapons. I mean that is just so crystal clear, there is no debate, no discussion.”

“There is always one more thing you can do to increase your odds of success.”

“Childhood's over the moment you know you're going to die.”

Source : "Fictional character: Top Dollar". "The Crow", www.imdb.com. 1994.

“Most people don’t really want to think independently or make decisions; they’re herd animals with herd instincts to keep to the middle of the group where it’s safest, don’t stand out too much, don’t move too far away from convention, etc. They want to be led and dictated to. But they’re stubborn, mulish animals and they like to think they’re independent and free.”