"There's a hidden sweetness in the stomach's emptiness. We are lutes, no more, no less. If the soundbox is stuffed full of anything, no music.... When you're full of food and drink, Satan sits where your spirit should...."

-- Rumi

#Emptiness Quotes #Spirit Quotes #Satan Quotes

“I think the corruption of power is very interesting, and I think the idea that power is something that... You know, when people want power, theyre a certain individual. When people acquire power by accident, theyre different again.”

Source : "Interview: ‘Walking Dead’ star David Morrissey discusses The Governor". Interview with Daniel Fienberg, uproxx.com. October 28, 2012.
“I`ve always thought of him [Barack Obama] and from conversations know him to be a guy who takes the long view, who doesn`t get too high, doesn`t get too low and seizes the opportunities when they`re there and knows how to ride the wave. I ascribe that to Hawaii. He`s a body surfer, so he knows how to get on the wave. He knows just the right time.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com
“I'm not one of those actors who's very good at having a list of roles that I want to play someday - which is bad, because I really need to do it. I have people in theaters ask me what I want to do and I don't have an answer!”
“My relationship with my mom is really the single most profound relationship that I've ever had in my life.”
“Companies thrive on the basis of the stories they tell.”
“Infidelity is horrible - there's nothing worse than that; it's devastating.”

Source : "'Grey's Anatomy's' Jessica Capshaw: 'Arizona Does Not Forgive Callie'". Interview with Lesley Goldberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 17, 2013.
“Cognitive consonance is what writing in the Age of the idiot is all about. The key to success in the scribbling profession is to strike the right balance of mediocrity in writing and thinking, which invariably entails echoing one of two party lines, poorly.”
“Its not weird being recognised, but its weird having to stop what youre doing to take pictures or sign something. But the fans are the reason you have your success, so it comes with the territory.”

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