"Lionel Johnson comes the first to mind, That loved his learning better than mankind, Though courteous to the worst; much falling he Brooded upon sanctity...."

“I've been just like any other working actor, out there looking for stuff.”

“I guess the things I have always loved are from people who were just being themselves. They were doing these things because they couldn't do it any other way. It was for them.”

Source : "Indie author Scott McClanahan considers art and anecdote through 5 of his favorite books". Interview with Phil McCausland, www.avclub.com. July 20, 2016.

“Mathematics is not a separate entity. It owes a great deal of its power and its beauty to other disciplines.”

“For me, I hope last year was the last when anger, frustration and despair ruled my professional psychology.”

Source : "New year resolutions". www.smh.com.au. January 13, 2003.

“I have my own dying empire to contend with, and I do not wish for any other.”

“Emotion creates reality, reality demands action.”

“The script will point you in certain directions and I go the opposite if I can. I try do do one thing and tell a different story with my eyes. I believe what's more interesting is always what's not being said.”

“The Christian Church should not be a secret society of specialists, but a public manifestation of believers in Jesus.”