"I don’t think books can change the world, but when the world begins to change, it searches for different books."

“Friends are like windows through which you see out into the world and back into yourself. If you don't have friends you see much less than you otherwise might.”

“It is always incorrect to assume you can know what someone's moral convictions are based on their philosophical theories.”

“If my love were an ocean, there would be no more land. If my love were a desert, you would see only sand. If my love were a star- late at night, only light. And if my love could grow wings, I'd be soaring in flight.”

Source : Jay Asher (2016). “Thirteen Reasons Why 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.94, Penguin

“Miles Davis, his parents migrated from Arkansas to Illinois, where he had the luxury of being able to practice for hours upon hours. He never would have been able to do that in the cotton country of Arkansas.”

Source : "Journalist Isabel Wilkerson". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. October 6, 2010.

“I had taken the photograph from afar (distance being the basic glitch in our relationship), using my Nikon and zoom lens while hiding behind a fake marble pillar. I was hiding because if he knew I'd been secretly photographing him for all these months he would think I was immature, neurotic and obsessive. I'm not. I'm an artist. Artists are always misunderstood.(Thwonk)”

“Sometimes you're working in highly emotional scenes and you'll get lost in the moment. You're having fun with your friend at work. It's an opportunity to give to them as much as they've given back to you.”

Source : "Adrian Pasdar and Milo Ventimiglia Talk Heroes". Interview with Evan Jacobs, movieweb.com. November 10, 2006.

“There were so many Cuban-Americans upset that we were going to Cuba and I was curious to see why they were so angry, and anti-Castro. I found out as soon as we got there. The people were treated terrible. The conditions were terrible. I can see why people risk their lives and limbs to get out. (Fidel Castro) lives like a king and won't help anybody, and has everybody scared to death. Nobody lives a normal life. It was still a good experience, but I thought we should just play that one game.”

“Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.”