"All clients think that they are architects."

“I'm shy, but not on a one-to-one basis. Over the years, I have become acclimatised to a bit of publicity.”

“The time at length arrives, when grief is rather an indulgence than a necessity and the smile that plays upon the lips, although it may be deemed a sacrilege, is not banished.”

“The best writing advice I had was [in] ‘Heinlein’s Rules for Writers’ by (American science fiction author) Robert A. Heinlein. His first rule is that you must write, and I was already doing that, but his second rule is, ‘You must finish what you write,’ and that had a big impact on me.”

“The thing is, when everyone is trying to persuade you that a thing you know to be true isn't actually true, you start to believe them: not because it is true but because it's easier. It's just the easy way out.”

Source : Graham Joyce (2012). “Some Kind of Fairy Tale”, p.174, Hachette UK

“I hate that tabloid idea of anybody who is famous having to forfeit their privacy.”

“If you want to change the way others treat you, you should first change the way you treat yourself. Unless you learn to love yourself, fully and sincerely, there is no way you can be loved. Once you achieve that stage, however, be thankful for every thorn that others might throw at you. It is a sign that you will soon be showered in roses.”

Source : "Changing My Mind, Among Others". Book by Timothy Leary, 1982.

“As a director who does not like to write, I am always looking for scripts that I can contribute to through directing. I don't want to do the same thing that the writer is doing; I want to add an angle or highlight a theme.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com

“It's like the panda, they say that's dying out. But what do they do? When you see them they're just sitting in the jungle eating”