"Once a person is determined to help themselves, there is nothing that can stop them."

“An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.”

Source : Life of Reason (1905) vol. 4, ch. 3

“I've never been a part of a film before that offers such a platform into real issues, that raises social awareness and has the potential to change things.”

“Hamlet, Kiekegaard, Kafka are ironists in the wake of Jesus. All Western irony is a repetition of Jesus' enigmas/riddles, in amalgam with the ironies of Socrates.”

“I'm drawn particularly to stories that evolve out of the character of the protagonist.”

“Your heart often knows things before your mind does.”

Source : Polly Adler (1953). “A House is Not a Home”, p.348, Univ of Massachusetts Press

“Victory [over homophobia] may require five or maybe 20 years. Yet I have no doubt that "don't ask, don't tell" and same-sex adoption bans will be as unspeakable and inexplicable to my grandchildren as counting a slave as three-fifths of a human being.”

Source : "Reparations for Gay Americans". The Detroit Free Press, April 07, 2009.

“It is more helpful to think of dreams as reflections of the present rather than as pictures of the future. A dream of a car out of control, for example, does not indicate that a car accident will occur in the future. It does mean, however, that the dreamer is feeling out of control in his or her life right now. It is important not to be superstitious about dreams.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com

“Forget the technique. Hit the guy across from you. Don't let somebody come in your space.”

Source : "A chip off the ol' block - sort of" by Mitch Sherman, www.espn.com. April 10, 2011.