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“For many of us, the computer is the means by which we earn a living. To give it a nod, then, is a way of thanking the tool for what it provides in life. It helps put bread on the table and a roof overhead. It gives us work and pleasure, exercises our minds, brings us information, connects us with other people. It is a partner helping us achieve our goals. Nodding also thanks the unseen hands and minds who helped create our machine.”
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“I used to work at The International House of Pancakes. It was a dream, and I made it happen.”
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“Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It's like medicine - very healing.”
Source : "Face Time | Max Irons". Interview with Tina Turnbow, tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com. February 2, 2012. 
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“It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.”
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“I take praise as not just a reward and a result but also as the beginning of a new process.”
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“My mother’s been living alone for over ten years. She gets up at six every morning. She makes herself a coffee. She waters her plants. She listens to the news on the radio. She drinks her coffee. She has a quick wash. An hour later, at seven, her day is over. Two months ago a neighbour told her about your blog, and she asked me to buy her one of those thingummyjigs – by a thingummyjig she meant a computer. And since then, thanks to your trimmings, your ribbon bows, your tie-backs for curtains, she’s rediscovered the joys of life. So don’t tell me you don’t know any answers.”
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“Relationships are hard regardless! But I think they feed the artist: relationships, children, life, family - it all feeds the artist. Loss. Joy. Sacrifice.”
Source : Interview with Liane Balaban, logger.believermag.com. February 13, 2013.
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“I had friends at school, but I was never part of a gang and I dreamed of that sense of belonging to a group. You know, where people would call me 'Em' and shout across the bar, 'Em, what are you drinking?' after the show.”
Source : "Woman on the verge" by Stephanie Merritt, www.theguardian.com. December 2, 2001.
