"Civilisation needs more than the law to hold it together. You see, all mankind are not equally willing to accept as divine justice what is called human law."

“Making films is hard. Awesome, but hard.”

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

“I think second place is always the most difficult one. It's not a nice feeling.”

“With his decision to use force against the violent extremists of the Islamic State, President Obama ... is stepping once again - and with understandably great reluctance - into the chaos of an entire civilization that has broken down. Arab civilization, such as we knew it, is all but gone. The Arab world today is more violent, unstable, fragmented and driven by extremism - the extremism of the rulers and those in opposition-than at any time since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire a century ago.”

Source : "The Barbarians Within Our Gates" by Hisham Melhem, www.politico.com. September 18, 2014.

“I don't like things set in stone.”

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

“Each meal is an opportunity to express yourself to others, sharing a different perspective of your personality.”

“Never give up on anyone. And that includes not giving up on yourself.”

Source : "Continue in Patience". Dieter F. Uchtdorf's Address at the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, www.lds.org. April 2010.

“Men are divided between those who are as thrifty as if they would live forever, and those who are as extravagant as if they were going to die the next day.”

“When a writer talks about his work, he's talking about a love affair.”