"I really got into psych because everything has a really good groove to it and it's nicely spaced out, but ultimately they are just cool pop songs with a little something else that makes them special and unique. They are interesting and have another dimension to them besides a three chord change."

“It’s ironic. At last I have my freedom. But at a price. Now my destiny is mine to choose. - Stanley aka Nine”

“I'll suffer no daughter of mine to play the fool with her heart, indeed! She shall marry for the purpose for which matrimony was ordained amongst people of birth--that is, for the aggrandisement of her family, the extending of their political influence--for becoming, in short, the depository of their mutual interest. These are the only purposes for which persons of rank ever think of marriage.”

Source : Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1881). “Marriage [by S.E. Ferrier]. Edinb. ed”

“One thing I knew about the novelist’s task: when in doubt, write; when empty, write; when afraid, write. Nothing is more impenetrable than the blank page. The blank page is the void, the absence of sense and feeling, the white light of literary death.”

“The fastest way to attain courage is to follow the chosen Way and be willing to abandon life itself for the sake of justice.”

“I used to watch dailies and felt I had to keep on top of the character, but I don't feel that any more.”

Source : Interview, www.filmscouts.com. January 20, 1996.

“Farewell has a sweet sound of reluctance. Good-by is short and final, a word with teeth sharp to bite through the string that ties past to the future.”

“Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits.”

Source : Elizabeth Drew (2014). “Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall”, p.242, The Overlook Press

“We can’t change every little thing that happens to us in life, but we can change the way that we experience it. That’s the potential of meditation, of mindfulness. You don’t have to burn any incense, and you definitely don’t have to sit on the floor. All you need to do is to take 10 mins out a day to step back; to familiarise yourself with the present moment so that you get to experience a greater sense of focus, calm and clarity in your life.”