"Writing is work, but it's also a compulsion, and once you get your characters on paper, you can't abandon them. You have to respond to them."

“The thing is, I have a zillion apps, and I'm always looking for the perfect arrangement for them, so scrambling my home screen is part of that eternal quest.”

Source : "iPhone Home: Susan Orlean". www.newyorker.com. January 31, 2012.

“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.”

Source : YouTube Channel "Wall Street Journal"/"Rahm Emanuel on the Opportunities of Crisis", www.youtube.com. November 19, 2008.

“We only have to capture 1/10,000th of the solar energy landing on earth to completely satisfy all our energy needs.”

“Moons and years pass by and are gone forever, but a beautiful moment shimmers through life a ray of light.”

“Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it.”

“I love color and I love to dress like a woman.”

“My unanticipated success as a sportscaster is a perfect example of the importance of saying yes to yourself, even when you are uncertain.”

Source : Phyllis George (2002). “Never Say Never: 10 Lessons to Turn You Can't Into Yes I Can”, McGraw Hill Professional

“If you have a longing in your heart to hear a deeper truth, there's a mysterious way in which that truth will find you.”