"Success is doing what you want to do, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much as you want."

“The unique eludes us; yet we remain faithful to the ideal of it; and in spite of sense and of our merely abstract thinking, it becomes for us the most real thing in the actual world, although for us it is the elusive goal of an infinite quest.”

Source : Josiah Royce (1952). “The Religious Philosophy of Josiah Royce; Edited, with an Introductory Essay, by Stuart Gerry Brown”

“Leisure, the highest happiness on earth, is seldom enjoyed with perfect satisfaction, except in solitude.”

“War is murder writ large.”

“Once you start compromising your thoughts, you're a candidate for mediocrity.”

Source : Neil Simon (1988). “Biloxi Blues”, Signet

“We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer.”

Source : "Exclusive: Wendell Pierce Discusses His Controversial Role in ‘Four’ (LAFF Premiere Today)". Interview with Jasmin Tiggett, www.indiewire.com. June 15, 2012.

“Often the energy of a piece is more exciting to me than the subject.”

“Being an outsider to some extent, someone who does not "fit in" with others or is rejected by them for whatever reason, makes life difficult, but it also places you at an advantage as far as enlightenment is concerned. It takes you out of unconsciousness almost by force.”

“Don't be too precious or attached to anything you write. Let things be malleable.”

Source : "The Real Tina Fey". Interview with A.J. Jacobs, www.esquire.com. April 13, 2010.