"You must come again when you have less time."

-- Walter Sickert

“I look at Willow and she's so naughty and fiery, and I'm not going to take any of her fierceness personally - my mom took all of my behavior personally. Everything I did, she thought it was an act of rebellion against her. But it was just me being me. And that's something I want to post on every mirror in my house: This is not about you!”
“I like making songs up. Whether or not they're great songs or good songs, whatever. It's something I've always done, and I definitely feel like I've gotten better at it.”
“Best advice is this: Work hard. Nothing is given to you.”

Source : Interview with Ian Wenik, www.thedp.com. October 24, 12.
“People and dogs and cows are born to be what they are. They may cover it up for a long time, but it will come out sooner or later.”

Source : Julia Mood Peterkin (1927). “Black April: a novel”, Norman Berg
“It takes years to establish yourself, and then you have one big film and everyone calls you an overnight success. You think, 'Christ, I've been sweating and crying for seven years.'.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon a majority of them to secure sober action and a respect for the rights of the minority.”

Source : William Howard Taft, David Henry Burton (2002). “The Collected Works of William Howard Taft: Presidential messages to Congress”
“People are disturbed enough by serial killers, but the whole notion of female violence, particularly maternal violence - the idea of mothers who kill - really unnerves people.”
“Poetry, a speaking picture... to teach and delight”

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