"What's memory but the ash That chokes our fires that have begun to sink?"

“I bathe in basslines, rinse in riffs, dry in drums”

“The phenomena of nature, especially those that fall under the inspection of the astronomer, are to be viewed, not only with the usual attention to facts as they occur, but with the eye of reason and experience.”

“When I audition, I understand what it takes and the insecurities that come with it. If I do anything, I put actors at ease. I used to tell directors who weren't actors, the best thing they could do was take an acting class for a couple of months. Just to understand.”

Source : "Auteur Albert Brooks Feels the "Drive". Interview with Jenelle Riley, www.backstage.com. September 14, 2011.

“We have to learn to remind the other parents who think we're being careless when we loosen our grip that we are actually trying to teach our children how to get along in the world, and that we believe this is our job. A child who can fend for himself is a lot safer than one forever coddled, because the coddled child will not have Mom or Dad around all the time, even though they act as if he will.”

Source : Lenore Skenazy (2010). “Free-Range Kids, How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry)”, p.186, John Wiley & Sons

“Gideon was a force of nature, his magnetic self-possession so powerful it put everyone around him in his shadow. I saw flashes of it every day and was awed by it, but not nearly as much as I was by the charming, wryly amusing lover I had entirely to myself in our private moments together.”

“When we played against Dan Marino, the best defense was to keep him on the sideline. By keeping him on the sideline, you made him frustrated. You made him anxious. When he came on the field, he felt like he had to score every time. I think that is where Peyton Manning is.”

Source : "5 Questions For Boomer Esiason". Interview with Andrew Marchand, nypost.com. November 24, 2006.

“Troian is one of the most incredibly gifted actors I have ever seen...”

“Stop trying to make this life into what it cannot and never was intended to be: jennah. Only then will it stop breaking your heart.”