"I love all of mythology and rules pertaining to all of the monsters, but I like to go the extra step."

“Kind words cost little, but accomplish much.”

Source : Hal Urban (2004). “Positive Words, Powerful Results: Simple Ways to Honor, Affirm, and Celebrate Life”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

“For the love of God, does anybody got a toothbrush?”

“If a director, I believe, has vision and knows so clearly what they want, then you can have a film that can perform. Whereas you can have done 50 movies, but if you're unsure this time, your movie may not turn out.”

“There are women who do not like to cause suffering to many men at a time, and who prefer to concentrate on one man: These are the faithful women.”

“I believe that education is the civil rights issue of our generation. And if you care about promoting opportunity and reducing inequality, the classroom is the place to start. Great teaching is about so much more than education; it is a daily fight for social justice.”

Source : John Dewey (1972). “The Early Works, 1882-1898: 1895-1898. Early essays”, p.93, SIU Press

“What good are laws that cannot be read or understood, or a tongue that spews only hatred or ignorance? What good is the written word to an illiterate man?”

“I'm a black woman every day, and I'm not confused about that. I'm not worried about that. I don't need to have a discussion with you about how I feel as a black woman, because I don't feel disempowered as a black woman.”

Source : "Network TV Is Broken. So How Does Shonda Rhimes Keep Making Hits?" by Willa Paskin, www.nytimes.com. May 9, 2013.

“All great art is born of the metropolis.”