"When there is a crisis, that's when some are interested in getting out and that's when we are interested in getting in."

“Whats more important than recipes is how we think about food, and a good cookbook should open up a new way of doing just that.”

“The habit some writers indulge in of perpetual quotation is one it behooves lovers of good literature to protest against, for it is an insidious habit which in the end must cloud the stream of thought, or at least check spontaneity. If it be true that le style c'est l homme, what is likely to happen if l homme is for ever eking out his own personality with that of some other individual?”

Source : Ethel Smyth (1922). “Streaks of life”

“A reminder (Japan's earthquake and tsunami) how flimsy our sophisticated modern world really is”

“Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day.”

Source : Glen Cook (1990). “Sweet Silver Blues”, p.42, Penguin

“The world can doubtless never be well known by theory: practice is absolutely necessary; but surely it is of great use to a young man, before he sets out for that country, full of mazes, windings, and turnings, to have at least a general map of it, made by some experienced traveler.”

“The advantage of being celibate is that when one sees a pretty girl one does not need to grieve over having an ugly one back home.”

“As a human being, I will always feel that where there is oppression, I am with the underdog.”

Source : Source: variety.com

“I'm not a method actor. I can't even explain so much what I do.”

Source : "Three Close-Ups at a Good Moment: Carice van Houten". Interview with Cole Smithey, www.colesmithey.com. April 1, 2007.