"Self-promotion has never been a point, and I'm incredibly inept at self-promotion. Talking about myself is a little less inspiring than talking about the character."

“It's time to take the 'Men Only' sign off the White House door.”

Source : "It's time to take the men-only sign off the White House door" by Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. March 03, 2003.

“The most dangerous sicknesses are those that make us believe we are well”

“Routine is really important. However late you went to bed the night before, or however much you had to drink, get up at the same time each day and get on with it.”

Source : "Top artists reveal how to find creative inspiration" by Mark-Anthony Turnage, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2012.

“I'm kind of a low-key guy. The spotlight doesn't suit me. I'm more of a side dish--cole slaw or French fries or a Wham! backup singer.”

“Is the depressing part that he's only half right - it's not that she doesn't need rescuing but that nobody else will be able to do it? She has always somehow known that she is the one who will have to rescue herself. Or maybe what's depressing is that this knowledge seems like it should make life easier, and instead it makes it harder.”

“Somebody came up to me after a talk I had given, and say, "You make mathematics seem like fun." I was inspired to reply, "If it isn't fun, why do it?"”

“Great things have been effected by a few men well conducted;”

Source : Robert C. Alberts, George Rogers Clark (1975). “George Rogers Clark and the Winning of the Old Northwest”

“There was never a merry world since the fairies left off dancing.”