"I love Karl Rove. He elected Bush."

“The hour is ripe, and yonder lies the way.”

Source : Virgil (1910). “The Æneid of Virgil”, London, J. M. Dent & Company; New York, E. P. Dutton & Company [1907]

“The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness.”

Source : Accepting Edward MacDowell Medal, September 8, 1979.

“I present myself to you in a form suitable to the relationship I wish to achieve with you.”

Source : Luigi Pirandello (1962). “To clothe the naked: and two other plays”

“The day someone quits school he is condemning himself to a future of poverty.”

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

“Don't take no for an answer. Don't let yourself get pushed around, and don't be afraid to be the bad guy. Find a producer who will be there to back you up when things get difficult. Make sure you work with key crew that you trust.”

“Talk to Allah in your own language with your heart fully present. Allah doesn't need you to rhyme or speak arabic.”

Source : FaceBook post by Omar Suleiman from Dec 18, 2013

“On the last couple of movies I made - big-budget Hollywood movies - I really missed being able to create my own material.”

“Cheerfulness consists in not regarding things as our own, but as entrusted to us by God for the benefit of our fellow-servants. It consists in scattering them abroad generously with joy and magnanimity, not reluctantly or under compulsion.”

Source : Saint Symeon (the New Theologian) (1980). “Symeon New Theologian”, p.156, Paulist Press