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“The city has always been an embodiment of hope and a source of feeling guilt; a dream pursued, and found vain, wanting, and destructive.”
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“The first person you should think of pleasing, in writing a book, is yourself. If you can amuse yourself for the length of time it takes to write a book, the publisher and the readers can and will come later.”
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“If the audience knows what's behind the door and the actor does not, that's comedy. If both the audience and the actor do not know, that's mystery!”
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“I want to make a bet with you.†Her interest perked up. “You do? About what?†Already knowing it wouldn’t go over well, Spencer braced himself. “I bet you can’t go a month without cursing.†Her chin tucked in, and her brows came down. “What does that have to do with anything?†He had no idea, except that it annoying him to hear her be so coarse. “Go a month without cursing.†He hated himself, but he said, “Every time you slip, you owe me a kiss.”
Source : Lori Foster (2012). “A Perfect Storm”, p.24, HQN Books
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“I believe there's a calling for all of us. I know that every human being has value and purpose. The real work of our lives is to become aware. And awakened. To answer the call.”
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“The temple of our purest thoughts is silence.”
Source : Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, John F. Addington (1859). “A complete dictionary of poetical quotations: comprising the most excellent and appropriate passages in the old British poets; with choice and copious selections from the best modern British and American poets”, p.477
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“Comes the time when it's later and onto your table the headwaiter puts the bill”
Source : Robert Creeley, Benjamin Friedlander (2008). “Selected Poems, 1945-2005”, p.65, Univ of California Press
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“Taking in and blowing out smoke? And now you see girls smoking cigars. It got to be such a fad. Girls on the covers of magazines, smoking cigars. Give me a break. I didn't want to be a part of that. I don't like 'popular'.”
Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
