"Some strive to make themselves great. Others help others see and find their own greatness. It's the latter who really enrich the world we live in"

“I think that everything is part of creativity - the more you create, the more you have ideas, and the more you meet people.”

Source : "‘Beginners’ Star Mélanie Laurent Talks Working With Ewan McGregor, Mike Mills & A Hateful Dog" by Drew Taylor, www.indiewire.com. June 3, 2011.

“I turned forty, and Im finally going to get married and maybe have a kid.”

“What is meant to be, will always find its way. And when your down and feeling alone, just wanna run away, trust yourself and don't give up. You know you better than anyone else.”

“God uses the flawed, the failures, and the imperfect to accomplish His perfect will.”

“I have ideas written down some places, but usually I can't find them. I'm not very organized.”

“The great thing about the dilemma we're in is that we get to re-imagine every single thing we do...There isn't a single thing that doesn't require a complete remake. There are two ways of looking at that. One is: Oh my gosh, what a big burden. The other way, which I prefer, is: What a great time to be born! What a great time to be alive! Because this generation gets to essentially completely change the world.”

“Our generation grew up with the Review as a fact of life. It was America’s literary magazine. To our minds, it still is. It has launched our favorite writers. It has made a special claim for the quarterly as such, being both timely and lasting, free of the news of the day or the pressure to please a crowd. Most of all, the Review has shown, repeatedly, that works of imagination can be as stylish and urgent as the flashiest feature reporting, and can do more to refocus our picture of the world.”

Source : "Editor's Note". www.theparisreview.org. 2010.

“And to all others in this story profound shooms of lip music brrrrrr. And they can kiss my sharries.”