"That's why it's called a practice. We have to practice a practice if it is to be of value."

“Obscurity is a bigger problem for authors than piracy.”

“Life is agid, life is fulgid. Life is what the least of us make most of us feel the least of us make the most of. Life is a burgeoning, a quickening of the dim primordial urge in the murky wastes of time.”

“I think for a while now people have been scared to be out of TMT the commonly used acronym for technology-media-telecom stocks, which have tended to rise in tandem recently and the feeling has really been you have to be there...but now we're getting a dose of reality.”

“Many students don't really like it (fashion). If they don't like it, they won't be able to tell you who the stylists are or the photographers. If they say they can't remember the names but they recognize the work, I'll say that's bullshit because if you were selling mobile phones, you'd know all about the phones' features and tariffs.”

“It's crucial to choose your work place - some places lend themselves to you and others don't.”

Source : "The Other Face of Silence". Interview with Nathalie Handal, www.guernicamag.com. May 1, 2011.

“Clearly, programming courses should teach methods of design and construction, and the selected examples should be such that a gradual development can be nicely demonstrated.”

“President Obama called for a 'we' nation in his Inauguration Address. Art convenes. It is not just inspirational. It is aspirational. It ***** the walls of our compartmentalized minds, opens our hearts and makes us brave. And that's what we need most in our country today.”

Source : "Put a Face on It" by Anna Deavere Smith, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 22, 2013.

“I have never used steroids. Never.”