"I guess I'm a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal."

-- Peter Benchley

#Suicidal Quotes #Hopeful Quotes #Pessimist Quotes

“I read the script, and I knew it was a good part. It was written for a white actor. That's what I'm up against - I have to try to make roles happen for me that aren't written black.”
“As I write, Kim Beazley has the numbers and the game looks over.”
“Remembering the facts of death and Heaven gives us an even more pressing reason to learn to pray: We do not have an infinite amount of time. We are one day nearer Home today than we ever were before. I guarantee you that after you die you will not say 'I spent too much time praying; I wish I had watched more TV instead.'”
“I put my heart and soul into my book - great story and awesome characters... yet people are trying to pull me down.”
“I have to see myself naked! Thatâ€™s all that counts. If Iâ€™m not happy with my naked body, who will be?”
“Shyness is about the fear of social judgments - at a job interview or a party you might be excessively worried about what people think of you. Whereas an introvert might not feel any of those things at all, they simply have the preference to be in a quieter setting.”

Source : "Susan Cain: 'Society has a cultural bias towards extroverts'". Interview with Ian Tucker, www.theguardian.com. March 31, 2012.
“A sitcom is the closest thing for me to doing stage because you work in front of an audience, and if it's well written it can be very satisfying.”

Source : "This Is A Very Mice Story!". Sunday Tasmanian, January 4, 1998.
“Music is such a joy, just an absolute joy.”

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