"Thai society rarely attempts to control literature in the same way that it vigilantly polices visual art. It's ironic because people in this society are more aware of literature than they are of art."

“There are no moral blanks; there are no neutral characters.”

“I ran the high school newspaper and was in student government. I played sports my whole life but was never picked as captain.”

Source : "Power? Thanks, but I’d Rather Have Influence". Interview with Adam Bryant, www.nytimes.com. June 4, 2011.

“A very enjoyable meditation on the curious thing called 'Zen' -not the Japanese religious tradition but rather the Western clich of Zen that is embraced in advertising, self-help books, and much more. . . . Yamada, who is both a scholar of Buddhism and a student of archery, offers refreshing insight into Western stereotypes of Japan and Japanese culture, and how these are received in Japan.”

“All of my life people have thought of me as Bing Crosby's daughter. Now they'll remember me as the person who shot J.R.”

“The fall of man did not introduce evil; it placed us on the wrong side of it, under its rule, needing rescue.”

Source : N. D. Wilson (2013). “Death by Living: Life Is Meant to Be Spent”, p.77, Thomas Nelson Inc

“Amanda Davis has a wicked and inspired imagination.”

“Respectable men and women content with the good and easy living are missing some of the most important things in life. Unless you give yourself to some great cause you haven't even begun to live.”

“Success can be wracking and reproachful, to you and those close to you. It can entangle you with legends that are consuming and all but impossible to live up to.”