"'Media' is the plural for 'mediocre'."

“And you know, when you take on something like this, you read a book like this, you know that it's going to be an adventure. That's part of what draws you to it.”

Source : Interview with Stax, www.ign.com. March 21, 2003.

“When ideas are young and vulnerable, criticism can be lethal.”

Source : "Imagination Becomes Reality" by Janet Echelman, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 13, 2012.

“Somewhere I put it this way: first drafts are for learning what one’s fiction wants him to say. Revision works with that knowledge to enlarge and enhance an idea, to reform it. Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.”

“I like to play bad guys, since good guys are always beaten up several times during the movie. Bad guys are beaten only once, in the end.”

Source : "11 Actors You Recognize Whose Names You Forget" by Ryan Murphy, www.askmen.com.

“History makes the point time and time again No greater mischief can be created than to merge the power of religion with the power of government.”

“But the Twins opened the fifth with their second and third hits, and Beltre helped Hernandez by taking his bullet throw for a force at third on a bunt try. I felt it, ... My only worry was that he didn't throw me a sinker. He threw hard, but a good fastball.”

“I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. See if that doesn't cover most of it. There's not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job.”

“Everything is relative in this world, where change alone endures.”