"My attention span is very limited, and I watch just one or two movies a year."

“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul; and the heart of man knoweth none more fragrant.”

“It was a lack of system that made the '30s Depression as inevitable as all others previously suffered.”

“If you can't laugh at yourself, then how can you laugh at anybody else? I think people see the human side of you when you do that.”

“Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.”

“I will not hide the fact that I love to hear the spectators react after a sacrifice of a piece or pawn. I don't think that there is anything bad in such a feeling; no artist or musician is indifferent to the reactions of the public.”

“Seeing, looking at what others cannot bear to see is what my life is all about.”

Source : Don McCullin (2010). “Unreasonable Behaviour: An Autobiography”, p.4, Random House

“My wife dresses to kill. She cooks the same way.”

“Miss Bennet, I am quite aware of your superior talent for cutting down the Lord's forsaken flock. I merely mean to spare your gown.' Thank you,' said Elizabeth, composing herself, 'but I should rather my gown be soiled than my honor.”

Source : Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Roberto Parada (2009). “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance--now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem”, p.163, Chronicle Books