"Our energies are often stimulated by the necessity of supporting a being weaker than ourselves."

“Change happens when people actively participate; lip service is what happens when people don't.”

“But I am not going to live for ever. And the more I know it, the more amazed I am by being here at all.”

Source : "Horrible histories". Interview with Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. May 18, 2005.

“Of what use is freedom of speech to those who fear to offend?”

Source : Roger Ebert (1997). “Roger Ebert's Video Companion”, Andrews McMeel Pub

“Screenwriting involves an often un-personal process. Co-writers, directors, producers, everyone has a say in what you put on a page, and stories are constantly changing according to budget, actors, and commercial needs. Films are a collaborative process and are also inherently narrative and structured, so you are always working within very tight parameters. Short fiction unleashes a more intimate voice and a passion for language. I believe short narratives can have the same amount of danger and drama as any action film.”

“Our task in life is to find our deep soul work and throw ourselves headlong into it.”

“Her violence frightened me. She always claimed that I was the jealous one, and I was often jealous, but when I saw things working against me I simply became disgusted and withdrew. Lydia was different. She reacted. She was the Head Cheerleader at the Game of Violence.”

“One has always had a childhood, whatever one becomes.”

Source : Alexandre Dumas fils (2004). “Camille”, p.85, Penguin

“The great reformers of the world turn into the great misanthropists, if circumstances or organization do not permit them to act.”