"I am deeply aware of the dimension of luck. It's so important to be prepared to receive it, but it is a major factor. There's no question."

“Microsoft unapologetically will make sure ActiveX works best on Windows”

“I love to go and mingle with the young In the gay festal room--when every heart Is beating faster than the merry tune, And their blue eyes are restless, and their lips Parted with eager joy, and their round cheeks Flush'd with the beautiful motion of the dance.”

“If we can't write diversity into sci-fi, then what's the point? You don't create new worlds to give them all the same limits of the old ones.”

Source : "TV Mastermind Jane Espenson: From to to Evil Queens". Interview with Neal Broverman, www.advocate.com. October 27, 2011.

“Those who oppressed us described us as the Dark Continent!”

“You know you are in love when the two of you can go grocery shopping together.”

“Those have most power to hurt us, that we love.”

Source : The Maid's Tragedy act 5 (written 1610 - 1611). Coauthored with John Fletcher.

“If there is to be reconciliation, first there must be truth.”

Source : Timothy B. Tyson (2004). “Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story”, Crown Pub

“To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano.”

Source : James M. Whistler (2012). “The Gentle Art of Making Enemies”, p.114, Courier Corporation