"Most artists are surrealists. ... always dreaming something and then they paint it."

“Things are not magical because they've been conjured for us by some outside force. They are magical because we create them.”

“It is foolish to wish for beauty. Sensible people never either desire it for themselves or care about it in others. If the mind be but well cultivated, and the heart well disposed, no one ever cares for the exterior.”

“I have only slipped away into the next room, I am I and you are you. Whatever we were to each other, that we still are. Call me by my familiar name. Speak to me in the easy way which you always used .... Play, smile, think of me .... All is well.”

Source : Henry Scott Holland, “Death Is Nothing At All”

“I never consciously do any work directly influenced from any movie, unless I'm doing a parody.”

“The built-in form is a window frame. You can use this genre [crime fiction] to go where you want to go, and explore what you want to explore. In some ways it gives you a lot of freedom because you have a framework readers are looking for.”

“My father wasn't really involved and my mom is the light in my life.”

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

“No one seriously doubts Socrates' maxim: The unexamined life isn't worth living. Self-assessment and attempts at self-improvement are essential aspects of "the good life." Yes, we should engage in ruthless self-reflection and harsh scrutiny, but we should simultaneously acknowledge that such introspection will, at best, only result in a partial view of our minds at work. Complete objectivity is not an option.”

Source : Robert A. Burton, M.D., M.D. (2008). “On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not”, p.162, Macmillan

“Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.”