"I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat."

“Asking is the first step in the Creative Process, so make it a habit to ask.”

“Don’t read Variety. Don’t listen to gossip. Don’t live in L.A., and write.”

“There's nothing better than a world where everybody's just trying to make each other laugh.”

“I like when people do cool stuff that might be a little off-the-wall to anybody else, but they found a way to make it work for that day. I wouldn't recommend that people wear it every day like that, but if you every once in a while just spice it up, I like that. I dare to be different.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“Even in the King's Gambit ... White is no longer trying to attack at all costs. He has had to adapt his approach and look for moves with a solid positional foundation ... As often as not, his strategy consists of stifling Black's activity and then winning in an endgame thanks to his superior pawn structure.”

“Whenever you make a mistake or get knocked down by life, don't look back at it too long. Mistakes are life's way of teaching you. Your capacity for occasional blunders is inseparable from your capacity to reach your goals. No one wins them all, and your failures, when they happen, are just part of your growth. Shake off your blunders. How will you know your limits without an occasional failure? Never quit. Your turn will come.”

Source : Og Mandino (2010). “A Better Way to Live: Og Mandino's Own Personal Story of Success Featuring 17 Rules to Live By”, p.60, Bantam

“An actor will use every piece of information at their disposal, or a good actor will.”

Source : "Interview: ‘Mad Men’ star Jessica Pare tiptoes around Season 6". Interview with Daniel Fienberg, uproxx.com. April 2, 2013.

“The final true artform in what we're talking about is the goal itself. And for us to try and stop that from happening, we're kind of the anti-art.”

Source : "Last night's TV" by Sam Wollaston, www.theguardian.com. June 28, 2006.