"I've been writing every day of my life for 65 years."

“The coffee was so strong it snarled as it lurched out of the pot.”

Source : BETTY MACDONALD (1945). “THE EGG AND I”

“Faith and works should travel side by side, step answering to step, like the legs of men walking. First faith, and then works; and then faith again, and then works again--until they can scarcely distinguish which is the one and which is the other.”

Source : William Booth, Bramwell Booth (1921). “The founder's messages to soldiers during years 1907-1908”

“I tried to picture a young, insecure Edward and couldn't, but it was nice to know that once he'd been a boy. Sometimes it felt like Edward had sprung full grown from the head of some violent deity,like a vicious version of Athena.”

“When you're so passionate about cinema, the idea to direct your own film is really appealing.”

Source : "'Montpensier' star Gaspard Ulliel on Scorsese, Stunts and Scars" by Nigel M. Smith, www.indiewire.com. April 13, 2011.

“I love talk and I love fishing. I'm having a ball.”

“I think we live only through our dreams and our imagination.”

“Texas' and America's farmers are suffering. As the Member of Congress representing the 10th Congressional District of Texas, I have traveled throughout our area and have seen first-hand how the drought has affected our agricultural communities.”

“Painting took on a fabulous strength and splendor; the object was discredited as an indispensable element of the picture.”