"If there was a trick, there must be a trickster."

“I was born a Scotsman and a bare one. Therefore I was born to fight my way in the world.”

“I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists.”

Source : "Kalashnikov: 'I wish I'd made a lawnmower'" by Kate Connolly, www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2002.

“If you neglect your work, you will dislike it; if you do it well, you will enjoy it”

“Proust is a hero of mine. I read 'A la recherche' in one go, and I'm a very slow reader. It had an astonishing impact, reading it on my own and being my main company. I think Proust is the most intelligent person to ever have written a novel.”

“If I had my way, I would declare a moratorium on public preaching of 'the plan of salvation' in America for one to two years. Then I would call on everyone who has use of the airways and the pulpits to preach the holiness of God, therighteousness of God and the law of God, until sinners would cry out, 'What must we do to be saved?' Then I would take them off in a corner and whisper the gospel to them. Such drastic action is needed because we have gospel-hardened a generation of sinners by telling them how to be saved before they have any understanding why they need to be saved.”

“I was and I always shall be hampered by what I think other people will say.”

Source : Violette Leduc (1965). “La bâtarde: an autobiography”

“In a lot of films, they're showing more complete, developed characters of diverse ethnic backgrounds. The larger concern is to be able to tastefully explore the stereotypes, and still move past them to see the core of people.”

Source : "The Robertson Treatment Syndicated Column (Rtsc): Q&A Movie Spotlight: Forest". EURWeb Interview, www.eurweb.com. March 18, 2010.

“Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.”