"Genius is supposed to be a power of producing excellences which are put of the reach of the rules of art: a power which no precepts can teach, and which no industry can acquire."

“Maybe if I act well enough, I'll come to believe it myself.”

Source : Garth Nix (2009). “Abhorsen”, p.23, Zondervan

“Everything which you can conceive and accept is yours! Entertain no doubt. Refuse to accept worry or hurry or fear. That which knows and does everything is inside you and harkens to the slightest whisper.”

Source : Uell Stanley Andersen (1954). “The key to power and personal peace”

“Great drama is great questions or it is nothing but technique. I could not imagine a theater worth my time that did not want to change the world.”

“You'll never get to be a saint if you deny the bit of the devil in you.”

Source : Ellis Peters (2016). “Brother Cadfael: The Complete Chronicles”, p.607, Head of Zeus Ltd

“All this sensory input, which begins in the brain, has its effect throughout the body.”

“I've worked with actors who tell everyone what to do in the scene - that makes me go pretty atomic.”

Source : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. February 2, 2013.

“I'm not going to stop beating up on the unions.”

Source : "Decency takes a beating along with 'Nikki Haley' pinata". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. May 23, 2012.

“Life is a challenge, we must take it.”