"Not only do we live among the stars, the stars live within us."

-- Neil deGrasse Tyson

“People like to be around those who give off positive energy.”
“I hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country.”

Source : Althea Gibson, Richard Curtis (1968). “So Much to Live for”
“I think I'll always want to improve my defense. That's something that can always be better. Not saying it's bad now, just something you should always work on.”
“Any material can be treated in any number of ways. Sometimes I might hear something, or someone else might hear something, and say, "Wow, that sounds like classical music." Somebody else might think it sounds like a slow jam.”

Source : "Deerhoof". Interview with Joshua Klein, pitchfork.com. January 29, 2007.
“I believe it is important for comedians to know who came before them.”
“To be a gourmet you must start early, as you must begin riding early to be a good horseman. You must live in France, your father must have been a gourmet. Nothing in life must interest you but your stomach.”

Source : Ludwig Bemelmans (1964). “La bonne table”
“Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.”

Source : George Eliot (2016). “George Eliot's Life, Complete: Top Novelist Focus”, p.226, 谷月社
“I write to discover what I think”

Source : Wall Street Journal, December 31, 1985.

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