"Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it."

-- Yann Martel

“Thank God for theater and film and television and my very, very, very lucky life.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I am attracted to people who make this effort in knowing what suits them - they are individual and stylish.”
“GOD will not permit that a soul which desires to be devoted entirely to Him should take other pleasures than with Him: that is more than reasonable.”
“And even should the cloud of barbarism and despotism again obscure the science and libraries of Europe, this country remains to preserve and restore light and liberty to them.”
“We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world.”

Source : Jack Gilbert (2009). “Refusing Heaven”, p.3, Knopf
“The heroic hours of life do not announce their presence by drum and trumpet, challenging us to be true to ourselves by appeals to the martial spirit that keeps the blood at heat. Some little, unassuming, unobtrusive choice presents itself before us slyly and craftily, glib and insinuating, in the modest garb of innocence. . . . Then it is that you will be summoned to show the courage of adventurous youth.”
“I would like to go back and spend a Christmas with my family and myself when I was five years old and just see what that dynamic would be like. Observe it. I think it would be a magical gift.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“As a collector, you will discover that surrounding yourself with art can enrich not only your visual experiences, but instill a sense of vitality to your life and uplift your soul.”

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