"As far as a job, actors get treated a lot better than writers so I definitely prefer acting. A writer has to make his own coffee and an actor has somebody bring them coffee."

“The basic premise of the Constitution was a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances because man was perceived as a fallen creature and would always yearn for more power.”

Source : "Defender of the Decalogue". Interview With Thomas R. Eddlem, www.thenewamerican.com. December 16, 2002.

“Tis never for their wisdom that one loves the wisest, or for their wit that one loves the wittiest; 'tis for benevolence and virtue and honest fondness one loves people.”

Source : "Diary and Letters of Madame d'Arblay" edited by Charlotte Barrett, (vol. 2, p. 3), 1854.

“I may be boring, but it would be to wake up by my dog and then my daughter.”

“You're either sexy or you're not. I'm very self-conscious about my physiognomy.”

“Too much rouge is a sign of despair.”

“If you're telling a story it's always best not to play the ending.”

Source : "John Hawkes: 'I play nerds, psychos ... psycho-nerds'". Interview with Steve Rose, www.theguardian.com. February 3, 2012.

“Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight.”

Source : Orhan Pamuk (2011). “My Name Is Red”, p.72, Faber & Faber

“My name is Luka I live on the second floor. I live upstairs from you, yes, I think you've seen me before.”

Source : Song: Luka, Album: Solitude Standing