"And I think musicians can better run this state than politicians. And, hell, beauticians can better run the state than politicians."

“You always think, 'Oh, if only I had a little chalet in the mountains! How great that would be and I'd do all this writing' Except, no, I wouldn't. I'd do the same amount of writing I do now and the rest of the time I'd go stir crazy. If you're waiting for the perfect moment you'll never write a thing because it will never arrive. I have no routine. I have no foolproof anything. There's nothing foolproof.”

“Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.”

Source : Alfred North Whitehead (1968). “Modes of Thought”, p.168, Simon and Schuster

“Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.”

“I was a baby when I came into the world--otherwise I might have been smart enough to become a different person.”

Source : Frank Wedekind (2010). “Spring Awakening: A Play”, p.25, Macmillan

“I wore a pink Betsey Johnson dress to my prom, and I pretty much looked like a pink cupcake. I loved that dress!”

Source : "You're Gonna Love These Girls: Meet Mae Whitman, Santigold, Jane Levy, Sarah Gadon and the Cast of Damsels in Distress!", www.glamour.com. March 4, 2012.

“Listen soberly: Just be 'I Am'; just stay here! ... There's nothing that can stop you from following this simple advice.”

“Not to sound too Dr. Phil all of a sudden, but I think the key to survival is to embrace one's past and to not run away from it. And to come to some sort of relationship with it or understanding of it.”

“Life is meant to be a celebration! It shouldn't be necessary to set aside special times to remind us of this fact. Wise is the person who finds a reason to make every day a special one.”