"I wake up every morning excited. Rather than become complacent or overwhelmed, I've made a choice for life - and I can do something about it."

“If anyone stumbles then he must repent. If anyone errs then he must repent. And no one must insist on (the path of) destruction. If anyone insists on tyranny then he is far away from the path”

“I think if you're writing a play, it should be its own end game; you'll never get to do a good one unless you know it's not a blueprint for a film; you're not going to get the action right and the story right.”

Source : "Interview: Martin McDonagh On A ‘Pillowman’ Movie, ‘Seven Psychopaths’ And The Genius Of Sam Rockwell". Interview with Oliver Lyttelton, www.indiewire.com. December 6, 2012.

“A strange adventure befell me while I was playing my Sonata in B flat minor before some English friends. I had played the Allegro and the Scherzo more or less correctly. I was about to attack the March when suddenly I saw arising from the body of my piano those cursed creatures which had appeared to me one lugubrious night at the Chartreuse. I had to leave for one instant to pull myself together after which I continued without saying anything.”

“Dad sometimes patted me on the knee and called me his Little Schmuck.”

Source : Michael Reagan, Joe Hyams (1988). “On the outside looking in”, Zebra Books

“I love my early movies, but naturalism is an artist's early style. Now I want to deal with feelings, dreams, an acceptance of irrationality.”

Source : "Irvin Kershner obituary" by Ronald Bergan, www.theguardian.com. November 29, 2010.

“Messi is probably the best player of the last 20 years.”

“Any kind of crisis can be good. It wakes you up.”

Source : "Ryan Reynolds Still Not Over Scarlett Johansson Divorce". www.aceshowbiz.com. May 27, 2011.

“remember that every fire will burn itself out, even without your help.”