"Some ghosts tried to be showy. These were the kinds to avoid."

“If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average.”

“If I gave a damn what other people think of me, I would be more like other people.”

“In all very numerous assemblies, of whatever character composed, passion never fails to wrest the sceptre from reason. Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.”

“What I enjoy most about being on stage is that the natural instruments give you a greater freedom with texture. When you use natural instruments they have their own resonance.”

“I guess I should have forgotten about it ages ago, but forgetting isn't something I'm very good at.”

“Create a minimal viable product or website, launch it, and get feedback.”

“If we have confidence in our own beliefs, we should not fear freedom of thought.”

“I read an interview with Mark Wahlberg, and he was like, ‘I might read a script and love it, but it’s all about the filmmaker.’ I think that’s a good lesson for me.”

Source : "Shiloh Fernandez" by John Ortved, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 29, 2008.