"No man is happier than he who loves and fulfills that particular work for the world which falls to his share. Even though the full understanding of his work, and of its ultimate value, may not be present with him; if he but love it--always assuming that his conscience approves--it brings an abounding satisfaction."

“New York is a wonderful place to shoot. The bystanders are great. They are enthusiastic. They respect the process, and you get the energy of the city.”

Source : "Jane Curtin looks at "Unforgettable" life and career". Interview with Jill Jacobs, www.reuters.com. April 13, 2012.

“Love doesn't last." She didn't know how much showed her pale face. Meribah's face softened. "Sometimes it does. If it's the right kind.”

“And, at such a time, for a few of us there will always be a tugging at the heart—knowing a precious moment had gone and we not there. We can ask and ask but we can’t have again what once seemed ours for ever—the way things looked, that church alone in the fields, a bed on belfry floor, a remembered voice, a loved face. They’ve gone and you can only wait for the pain to pass.”

“Jesus Christ did not ask much from us, He did not demand that people climb Mount Everest or make great sacrifices. He just asked that we love one another.”

“I think I have become a better writer since having children. It improves creativity, particularly because once you have children it makes you realise the story isn’t about you.”

“Start with the foreground. Compositions fail when the foreground is treated as an afterthought.”

“Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today.”

“Culturally, it is commonplace for African women to work.”

Source : "The Promise of Africa’s Women" by Richard Attias, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 7, 2013.