"Kitsch is all that the modern world makes that's not modern, which is most of it."

“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”

Source : David Mitchell (2008). “Cloud Atlas: A Novel”, p.64, Random House

“What fools call "wasting time" is most often the best investment.”

“weeping...betraying a sense of loss so huge and irreparable that the mind balks at taking its measure.”

“Star Wars is mythology. Its like Greek mythology or Shakespeare. Its the story of good versus evil over a very long span of time. The storytelling is universal and timeless.”

“There is nothing better than playing a scene with John Cleese or Maggie Smith. It's electric. But I don't think I'm the sort of person who needs to have an outer ego in order to produce something. I realised that through the travel programmes.”

“I've spoken in front of members of the U.S. Congress about a new dream of living in communities where everybody is welcome and everyone can live and go to school and work without facing the fear of bullies.”

Source : "On World Down Syndrome Day, Speaking Out on How Bullying Hurts and Kills Dreams" by Lauren Potter, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 21, 2012.

“It's an extraordinary thing, this tiny little province of Northern Ireland, where carnage happened. And I was part of it. I grew up in it.”

“Her magic formula for dealing with children is ignoring all faults and accenting tiny virtues. She says, "Instead of telling Tommy day in and day out that he is the naughtiest boy in the United States of America, which could very well be true, take an aspirin and comment on his neatly tied shoes. Almost anybody would rather be known for expert shoe-tying than for kicking the cat." She always tells whiners how charming they are--bullies how brave--bad sports how good--sneaks how honest!”