"I have different interests, and what happens with making a film is that you're going to live with it for a long time, so it better be something that has some staying power. I'm usually inspired by - it could be anything. In one instance, one of the things I was inspired by was something that was happening in my family - the drama that happens in a family, or an unsolvable crime, like Senorita Extraviada."

“Artists who have won fame are often embarrassed by it; thus their first works are often their best.”

“God's Word teaches a very hard, disturbing truth. Those who neglect the poor and the oppressed are really not God's people at all—no matter how frequently they practice their religious rituals nor how orthodox are their creeds and confessions.”

Source : Ronald J. Sider (2005). “Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity”, p.58, Thomas Nelson Inc

“The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it.”

“There's gonna be a general lack of toast in the neighborhood this morning.”

“A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth.”

Source : Diane Setterfield (2007). “The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

“For then only will you be strong, when you cherish the laws, and when the revolutionary attempts of lawless men shall have ceased.”

“The Holy Land... What an experience. I will never forget this day.”

“Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.”

Source : 1849 'Nationality in Literature', in the North American Review, Jul.