"Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth."

“I've got to put forward a very strong conservative voice, advocate for conservative values and advocate for principle in politics to restore faith in politics.”

Source : Source: www.abc.net.au

“You often have a great director who's like, "Well, actually I don't even want to reveal you until the end of this scene" or something like that and it totally changes everything that you thought it was going to be.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com

“The only way of finding a solution is to fight back, to move, to run, and to control that pressure.”

Source : "Barely 19, He's Got Game, Looks and Remarkably Good Manners" by Christopher Clarey, www.nytimes.com. June 6, 2005.

“People would ask if I wanted to host things and I was like, "No, I'm a writer, I don't host things." Just thinking I wouldn't be good at it - which is true - but also just wanting to hold on to some part of my identity.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“You should not think that you can shape history only by your will. This is also why I'm against the concept of intervention when you don't know its ultimate implications.”

“I don't like the way I look so I don't like being photographed. I become defensive.”

“Loud speech, profusion of words, and possessing skillfulness in expounding scriptures are merely for the enjoyment of the learned. They do not lead to liberation.”

“Although there are those who wish to ban my books because I have used language that is painful, I have chosen to use the language that was spoken during the period, for I refuse to whitewash history. The language was painful and life was painful for many African Americans, including my family. I remember the pain.”

Source : Mildred D. Taylor (2001). “The Land”, p.17, Penguin