"To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel."

“I dont know if Im a heartthrob or if I want to be one! I heard that I get the most fan mail. Its very flattering, and lovely to be popular with the public.”

“The Democrats want to celebrate their successes but don't want to look out of touch with the people who haven't risen much in the last decade or so really.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org

“Sadly, too much has changed about publishing ... not only does attractiveness matter to agents and editors, but there's no room anymore for a reclusive writer.”

Source : "'My discoveries weren't any more extensive or alarming than most people's. I just chose to look'". Interview with Antonia Crane, logger.believermag.com. November 5, 2013.

“O time! whose verdicts mock our own, the only righteous judge art thou!”

Source : Dante Alighieri, Thomas William PARSONS (1843). “The First Ten Cantos of the Inferno ... Newly Translated Into English Verse [by Thomas W. Parsons].”, p.6

“I’m not fit to occupy space. Excuse me for living.”

“The majority of actor kids are really competitive. But Gabby Sidibe on The Big C has been a big help to me. Her career went from zero to a hundred in about one second, so shes warned me what to expect.”

“Important lessons: look carefully; record what you see. Find a way to make beauty necessary; find a way to make necessity beautiful.”

Source : Anne Michaels (2010). “Fugitive Pieces”, p.44, Emblem Editions

“You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting”