"It has always seemed to me that so long as you produce your dramatic effect, accuracy of detail matters little. I have never striven for it and I have made some bad mistakes in consequence. What matter if I hold my readers?"

-- Arthur Conan Doyle

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“Nothing can tell us so much about the general lawlessness of humanity as a perfect acquaintance with our own immoderate behavior. If we would think over our own impulses, we would recognize in our own souls the guiding principle of all vices which we reproach in other people; and if it is not in our very actions, it will be present at least in our impulses. There is no malice that self-love will not offer to our spirits so that we may exploit any occasion, and there are few people virtuous enough not to be tempted.”
“On her extreme thinness during her 'Ally McBeal' years: "I started under-eating, over-exercising, pushing myself too hard and brutalizing my immune system. I guess I just didn't find time to eat. I am much more healthy these days.”
“President Obama is committed to Hispanics and migrants.”
“Fiction is about intimacy with characters, events, places.”
“Just for the record, I'm in favor of drug testing EVERY year just as long as it's a level playing field. The problem arises that a lot of these substances are hard to detect. So, it's very difficult to have true, drug-free bodybuilding competition, especially on the professional level.”

Source : Interview with John Hansen, www.bodybuilding.com. August 10, 2014.
“The music business is a place where the artists are all treated like we're working for the people who are working for us. That can obviously be exaggerated when you're a female.”
“I met my wife, Jennifer, while sitting next to her on the airplane on the way to England. I was heading to Oxford as a Marshall scholar.”

Source : "New members: K-L-M", www.politico.com. January 17, 2013.
“I like being a patron of things, I like patronizing things. And if it's not going to be people, I'll patronize a festival.”

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