"Characters aren't a fling. They aren't a one-night stand. Getting to know them takes time and hard work. It takes excessive free writes and multiple experiments."

“Being successful is about professionalism, and chewing gum is unprofessional. Its also a huge pet peeve of mine.”

“There are definitely many adventures on the road with Jessica 6. It sometimes feels like we're in a movie. I was recently kidnapped by 2 taxi drivers in Moscow. They drove me over 2 hours out of town till I started to cry then they drove me 3 more hours finally to my hotel!”

“I love someone who tries to boss me around.”

“And this is for Colored girls who have considered suicide, but are moving to the ends of their own rainbows.”

Source : "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide". Choreopoem by Ntozake Shange, 1976.

“Whatever attitudes we habitually use toward ourselves, we will use on others, and whatever attitudes we habitually use toward others, we will use on ourselves.”

Source : Henepola Gunaratana (2011). “Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path”, p.78, Simon and Schuster

“I've got friends who didn't vote. I want to smack them upside the head.”

“Canada and America are very, very different. It's true that we share a language and many customs. But Americans have a very different view of the world.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“Where there is no hope, it is incumbent on us to invent it.”