"When you have children, that's when your relationship really gets tested."

“I guess the very first thing is to own your true self, and that includes achieving the point of not lying to others; the first step should be not lying to yourself.”

Source : Cawaii Interview, December 2007.

“The mind has a thousand eyes.”

Source : 1878 Among the Flowers,'Light'. 0 See Lyly 523:12.

“It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.”

“And if citizens of New Orleans who are really contemplating coming back heard that we're really intent upon making the place secure again - regardless of whether the levees held or not - then I think a rebuilding process would really take shape.”

“Following the Romanian tradition, garlic is used in excess to keep the vampires away.”

“While I do not have a boyfriend, I do have a friend who is homosexual and I once asked him "Do you ever think about having sex with me because you are gay?" to which he replied "Do you ever think about having sex with Rosie O'Donnell because you are straight? Same thing.”

Source : David Thorne (2011). “The Internet is a Playground: Irreverent Correspondences of an Evil Online Genius”, p.116, Penguin

“There are things in your life which you are in control of, and those you're not. You need to not care about those things which you're not in control of, and when you come to really understand that, you can go from being really upset about something to that lovely feeling of being a kid where everything is okay.”

“There is mounting concern worldwide over the consumption of alcohol. The U.S. government estimates that 10.6 million adults are alcoholics and that one family in four is troubled by alcohol. It is a factor in half of all the nation's traffic deaths.”