"I'm better at being a lawyer than I am at being a writer."

“Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts.”

“I've always followed my heart. With every project that I've ever chosen, it's been something that I felt I couldn't live without, and that I couldn't spend another day of my life not knowing that I didn't do that role, gave my all to that role, and gave all of my emotions and soul to it.”

“There is a time for silence. There is a time for waiting you turn. But if you know how you feel and you so clearly know what you need to say you'll know it. I don't think you should wait. I think you should speak now.”

“You cannot explain the whole world in one photograph. Photography pretends. You can see everything that's in front of the camera, but there's always something beside it.”

“Abraham Lincoln was not all brooding and melancholy and patient understanding. There was a hard core in him, and plenty of toughness. He could recognize a revolutionary situation when he saw one, and he could act fast and ruthlessly to meet it.”

Source : Bruce Catton (2011). “This Hallowed Ground: A History of the Civil War”, p.27, Vintage

“We all have some version of a fantasy that's easy to escape to, and we all want a real relationship where there's a common give-and-take and you're seen for who you are, and appreciated for that.”

Source : "Keri Russell and Producer Stephenie Meyer Talk AUSTENLAND and the Lasting Appeal of Jane Austen Stories". Press conference, collider.com. August 13, 2013.

“We lighten the loads of others best by helping the Lord strengthen them.”

“To shatter even the largest stones on earth, it takes only a small quantity of explosive powder.”