"Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness."

“You definitely put a bit of yourself in every character, and you always have to have an understanding and empathy for the person that you play.”

Source : "Mia Wasikowska Interview JANE EYRE; Updates on RESTLESS and THE WETTEST COUNTY". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 8, 2011.

“This is a speculating and selfish age; and to think 'money will answer all things,' is too much the characteristic of Americans.”

Source : Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1835). “Traits of American Life”, p.239

“Perhaps the greatest danger of our global community is that the person in LA thinks he knows Cambodia because he's seen The Killing Fields on-screen, and the newcomer from Cambodia thinks he knows LA because he's seen City of Angels on video.”

“All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“Humans may or may not have cosmic significance, and if they do, it will be by hitching a ride on the objective centrality of knowledge in the cosmic scheme of things.”

“Now that our troops are mired in a dangerous effort to defeat the insurgency and are also trying to help rebuild the country, Americans of all political persuasions simply want the United States to succeed and our troops to be as safe as possible.”

“Get deep with me. Set your thoughts free.”

“Love interest nearly always weakens a mystery because it introduces a type of suspense that is antagonistic to the detective's struggle to solve a problem.”