"We have witnessed the terrible increases in the incidence of alcoholism, the advent of drug dependency, the protests, marches, strikes and human alienation."

“Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.”

“Everyone always talks about how well mothers know their children. No one ever seems to notice how well children know their mothers.”

Source : Lisa Unger (2010). “Fragile: A Novel”, p.256, Crown

“There are all sorts of theories and ideas about what constitutes a good opening line. It's tricky thing, and tough to talk about because I don't think conceptually while I work on a first draft -- I just write. To get scientific about it is a little like trying to catch moonbeams in a jar. But there's one thing I'm sure about. An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story. It should say: Listen. Come in here. You want to know about this.”

“The money will go but the trophies will always be there.”

“If you can steal from your competition, then they deserve to lose it. If someone steals from you, then shame on you....you deserve it. Same goes for employees too.”

“It's great that New York has large spaces for art. But the enormous immaculate box has become a dated, even oppressive place. Many of these spaces were designed for sprawling installations, large paintings, and the Relational Aesthetics work of the past fifteen years.”

“I think there's so much feeling among young girls where they feel like they have to be this perfect thing - and they don't. Perfect people don't exist. Sometimes people need to be told it.”

Source : "A Few Questions For One Direction". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. December 9, 2012.

“I was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life.”