"Everything that ever walked or crawled on the face of the earth, swum the depths of the ocean or soared through the skies left its imprint here"

“Often in television, you read a script and you're amazed that you get the scene given to you.”

Source : "Q&A: James Wolk on the Brilliant Bob Benson". Interview with Mike Ayers, www.esquire.com. June 21, 2013.

“Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun.”

“[Research] suggests that what we think of as free will is largely an illusion: much of the time, we are simply operating on automatic pilot, and the way we think and act – and how well we think and act on the spur of the moment – are a lot more susceptible to outside influences than we realize.”

“Every song will be a video. Its going to be very spectacular.”

“If a man wants to be an artist, he should never look at pictures.”

Source : Winslow Homer, Lloyd Goodrich, Whitney Museum of American Art (1973). “Winslow Homer”

“I love the fact that I can make people happy, in any form. Even if it’s just an hour of their lives, if I can make them feel lucky or make them feel good, or bring a smile to a sour face, that to me is worthwhile.”

“I just can't help but see things differently.”

“casino owners spoke more loudly than any of the other kings of industry to defend their contribution to society. They could speak more loudly because theirs was the purest activity of civilized man. They had transcended the need for a product. They could maintain and advance life with machines that made nothing but money.”

Source : Jane Rule (2013). “Desert of the Heart: A Novel”, p.223, Open Road Media