"Eat when it's time to eat. And move along when it's time to move along."

-- Paulo Coelho

“One reason God created time was so that there would be a place to bury the failures of the past.”
“He who believes in God and the Last Day should honour his guest; he who believes in God and the Last Day should not annoy his neighbours; and he who believes in God and the Last Day should say what is good or keep silent.”
“There was a time when I could walk down the street, Hollywood Boulevard or Beverly Drive, and somebody would come up to you and they would say, "Excuse me," and you'd barely hear them, and you'd turn around and you'd say, "Yeah, how you doing?" and they'd say, "I'm really sorry to bother you, but my aunt is a big fan of yours, and would you mind terribly if you'd just sign this paper," or whatever it is, and you're happy to do that, and the people are pretty nice about it.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“All good art is an indiscretion.”
“Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.”
“That's the great thing about New Year's, you get to be a year older. For me, that wasn't such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time. When I was a kid, my father used to tell me that everybody was celebrating my birthday. That's what the trees are all about.”

Source : Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. March 13, 2009.
“Drama is hard for me. Crying is much harder for me than laughter.”
“I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.”

Source : Beatrix Potter (1982). “Beatrix Potter's Americans: selected letters”

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