"What men have given the name of friendship to is nothing but an alliance, a reciprocal accommodation of interest, an exchange of good offices; in it is nothing but a system of traffic, in which self-love always proposes to itself some advantage."

“Existence is a series of footnotes to a vast, obscure, unfinished masterpiece.”

Source : Pale Fire "Commentary" (1962)

“We go to the past to lay the blame - since the past can't argue. We go to our past selves to account for our present miseries.”

“There are different types of readers. People draw lines at which three things intersect: the character, the author, and the reader.”

Source : Interview with Ratik Asokan, logger.believermag.com. September 23, 2014.

“A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.”

“Night, the mother of fear and mystery, was coming upon me.”

“Last, but not least -- in fact, this is most important -- you need a happy ending. However, if you can create tragic situations and jerk a few tears before the happy ending, it will work much better.”

Source : Satyajit Ray (2004). “Complete Adventures of Feluda”, p.575, Penguin Books India

“You are not required to start over, but you are required to keep going.”

Source : Gwen Bristow (2014). “Tomorrow Is Forever: A Novel”, p.133, Open Road Media

“The filmmakers always have a great level of control.”

Source : Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. May 7, 2003.