"Writing is not hard work, it is simply an obsession ..."

“Even a part of an object has value. A whole new realism resides in the way one envisages an object or one of its parts.”

Source : Fernand Léger, Katharine Kuh (1953). “Léger: Catalogue of Th Exhibition Organized by the Art Institute of Chicago in Collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the San Francisco Museum of Art”

“As a travel writer I've specialized in gritty, fearful destinations, the kind of places that make a reader's hair stick on end.”

“If you build it, nerds will come.”

Source : "Fictional character: Mel". "The Benchwarmers", www.imdb.com. 2006.

“To me, thoughts are fun and art is fun. The strength of our society should not be idle entertainments but the joy of pursuing ideas.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“Who do I like best, men or women? I think it really depends on what for!”

“My parents really wanted me to get out of New York, be exposed to other people, other ways of life.”

“The highest levels of performance come to people who are centered, intuitive, creative, and reflective - people who know to see a problem as an opportunity.”

Source : Interview with John Scott Lewinski, www.askmen.com. November 22, 2011.

“Tell the men to fire faster and not to give up the ship; fight her till she sinks.”