"Grow up and let anyone try to content with the adult you."

“Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.”

“If I didn't have to worry about money, I would be doing the same thing I'm doing now. Additionally, I would maintain other creative outlets -- glassblowing and woodworking. I would operate a salon-format venue geared towards deviation; a destabilization of the audience/rock star dynamic.”

“In the Sacramento of the 1950s, it was as though White simply hadn't had time enough to figure Brown out. It was a busy white time. Brown was like the skinny or fat kids left over after the team captains chose sides. You take the rest — my cue to wander away to the sidelines, to wander away.”

Source : Richard Rodriguez (2003). “Brown: The Last Discovery of America”, p.13, Penguin

“I don't teach writing. I teach patience. Toughness. Stubbornness. The willingness to fail. I teach the life. The odd thing is most of the things that stop an inexperienced writer are so far from the truth as to be nearly beside the point. When you feel glosbal doubt about your talent, that is your talent. People who have no talent don't have any doubt.”

Source : "Off the Page: Richard Bausch". Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. November 20, 2003.

“This is as brain-dead as a movie can be and it assumes the audience will have the I.Q. of a rutabaga.”

Source : "The Call (United States, 2013)". A movie review by James Berardinelli, www.reelviews.net. March 15, 2013.

“Then I'm going?" Kendra asked. The adults in the room exchanged tacit glances before nodding. Then we only have one more problem left to discuss," Seth said. Everyone turned to him. How do I get invited”

“Charm is that extra quality that defies description.”

“Today she met me at the door, said I would have to choose, if I picked up that fishing rod today, she'd be packing all her things and she'd be gone by noon....well I'm gonna miss her when I get home tonight.”