"Almost any decent cook will make food by eye and taste. Virtually all of my family cooked that way."

“I can assure you, that the gallant hearts that throb beneath its sacred folds, will only be content, when this glorious banner is planted first and foremost in the coming struggle for our independence.”

“I don't think I want to play a teenager anymore.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“I believe fervently in the nature, in truth and imagination, I believe in the blood, in life, words, and motivations.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Phillip is a repository of random snatches of film dialogue and song lyrics. To make room for all of it in his brain, he apparently cleared out all the areas where things like reason and common sense are stored.”

“I auditioned for 'American Idol' at 17. They told me, 'No.'”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“I'm not a World War II buff. I know a little bit about it, I was taught the other side of the story in school, so it was unfamiliar to me, the idea of a German resistance, and yet it was considerable.”

“We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die....So just standing still isn't really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.”

“I've gotten a little superstitious about listening to music when I write. Once a story is going somewhere, I keep listening to the same music whenever I work on that story. It seems to help me keep in voice, and alternatively, if I need to make some kind of dramatic shift, I'll go and put on something different to shake myself awake.”

Source : "Kelly Link, Words by Flashlight". Interview with Lauren McLaughlin, www.sensesfive.com. June 7, 2006.