"My days are kind of controlled by my projects, so sometimes they're album covers. Sometimes they're commission portrait shoots. Sometimes they are editorial, so it kind of - I don't dictate it."

“Well, I didn't really grow up playing or listening to metal, like many of the kids I went to school with. I only got into it in my late teens, so when Marilyn Manson formed, it was at a time when I was still excited about approaching music from that angle.”

“The real skill is to raise the sails and to catch the power of the wind as it passes by.”

“When you're improvising, it's fun to find something that you can lean on that is similar to your life experience. In my opinion, that's very helpful.”

Source : "Live From Sundance: A GQA with Mark Duplass". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.gq.com. January 18, 2012.

“There was something soothing about the crackle of paper, the smell of ink, and the soft scratching of nibs and brushes.”

Source : Leigh Bardugo (2012). “Shadow and Bone: Chapters 1-5”, p.17, Macmillan

“God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'”

“It is better to confess ignorance than provide it.”

Source : Homer Hickam (2007). “The Coalwood Way: A Memoir”, p.9, Island Books

“I know a cure for sadness: Let our hands touch something that makes your eyes smile.”

“More needs to be done to take the fight to the enemy and secure our borders against the terrorist threat. We need more protection on land, sea and air.”