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“Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument from it, even though but for one year, never can willingly abandon it. They may be distressed in the midst of all their power; but they will never look to anything but power for their relief.”
Source : 'Letter to a Member of the National Assembly' (1791) p. 12
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“I've never been in trouble with the police.”
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“The eye can travel over the surface in a way parallel to the way it moves over nature. It should feel caressed and soothed, experience frictions and ruptures, glide and drift. One moment, there will be nothing to look at and the next second the canvas seems to refill, to be crowded with visual events.”
Source : Bridget Riley, Arts Council of Great Britain (1984). “Working with colour: recent paintings and studies”
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“Understand, my own politics aren't necessarily interchangeable with what any of my characters believe. You could take each of the characters in On the Ropes, and I'd probably be in sympathy with a different one on any given day, depending on what's going on in the world.”
Source : Source: therumpus.net
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“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”
Source : William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”
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“The truth seems to love the small print.”
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“England is strictly class-based. What's surprising is how many films are still made with a load of people in silly frocks running around gardens and talking in middle-class accents.”
Source : "Stephen Daldry Dances to Success with 'Billy Elliot'". IndieWire Interview, www.indiewire.com. October 17, 2000. 
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“Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.”
Source : Joyce Carol Oates (2009). “The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art”, p.24, Zondervan
