"It's been very jarring for me to stand in public and read about myself and my daughter and her father. I feel like I'm reading someone else's story, and I feel like I've lost something, too, in the writing of self, as if I'm standing and reading myself, as a stranger, to other strangers."

“I don't like sympathetic characters.”

Source : "Howard Barker: 'I don't care if you listen or not'". Interview with Maddy Costa, www.theguardian.com. October 01, 2012.

“Music in Africa often contains messages. Music in Senegal, and Africa, is never music for music's sake or solely for entertainment. It's always a vehicle for social connections, discussions and ideas.”

“I'm fascinated by the whole concept of snake handling. When you read about the Pentecostal snake handlers, what strikes you the most is their commitment.”

“Nature is written in mathematical language.”

“If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven't been born yet.”

Source : Neil Simon (2011). “The Play Goes On: A Memoir”, p.248, Simon and Schuster

“As we transcend our past in the things we do, we also become who we can be. Thus creativity is those attitudes by which we fulfil ourselves.”

“Make every occasion a great occasion, for you can never tell who may be taking your measure for a higher place.”

“I like sharing stuff with people. I feel like it's kind of at their own discretion, you can see too much if you want to see too much.”

Source : Source: collider.com