"Are you recycling? Are you!? You just killed a polar bear! YOU!"

“A poet or novelist will invent interruptions to avoid long consecutive days at the ordained page; and of these the most pernicious are other kinds of writing -- articles, lectures, reviews, a wide correspondence.”

“Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.”

“I don't like to do too much psychological research because it might turn a character into a patchwork.”

“The cure for sorrow is to learn something.”

Source : Barbara Sher (2010). “I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It”, p.139, Dell

“Think before you act and act on what you believe”

“Fingers get habits - have memories of their own.”

“Sometimes you have to go through something else to find what you're looking for.”

“I was very superstitious when I was a teenager, and I had to fight against that because it made me feel anxious.”

Source : "Exclusive: Penélope Cruz on Shooting the 2013 Campari Calendar". Interview with Kristina Soriano, www.elle.com. November 13, 2012.