"Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis Que les imitateurs.]"

“Be equal to your talent, not your age. At times let the gap between them be embarrassing.”

Source : Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (1989). “Early Poems”, Marion Boyars Publishers

“I do go to football sometimes but I don't know the offside rule or free-kicks - or side kicks - or whatever they're called.”

“Back when I was a kid, I never liked the kind of kids that my kids have become. They're privileged and have things very easy. But I'm proud of them. None of my kids are getting high, they love school, they're very popular.”

“The ethic behind songs of conscience doesn't change, even though the issues are altered from generation to generation.”

“There is no part of the whole course of our Saviour Christ's life or death, but it is well worthy our looking on; and from each part in it there goeth virtue to do us good.”

Source : Lancelot Andrewes (1874). “Ninety-six Sermons: Sermons preached in Lent, on Good-Friday, and on Easter-day”, p.120

“I would love to direct a feature and have Robert Connolly produce it. That would be really fab.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“I think Obama is handling his image very well, but I think he lacks boldness.”

“Putting words on paper regularly is part of the necessary discipline of writing. A journal is a great way to do that.”