"All that is necessary to paint well is to be sincere."

“When I get called in for stuff for Hollywood, I get to be the best friend of the Caucasian leadIf I want to play the main guy, I have found, I have to write it.”

Source : "All About the Hamiltons" by Rebecca Mead, www.newyorker.com. February 9, 2015.

“There's no getting blood out of a turnip.”

Source : Frederick Marryat (1857). “Japhet, in Search of a Father ... A new edition”, p.13

“A cap of good acid costs five dollars and for that you can hear the Universal Symphony with God singing solo and Holy Ghost on drums.”

“I would like to say to people, open your eyes and find beauty where you normally don't expect it.”

“We're also fairly stubborn, I think, fairly independent. We have our share of difficulties with our federal government, although I've tried to as I am here encourage a better way of discussing those problems.”

“One day, people will be able to buy tickets to visit space.”

“Earl Scruggs is the guy who really made that leap with using three fingers in a rotating fashion to create this fast rippling sound that had never been heard before.”

“I grew up in Monaco, and in that environment going into the financial sector was the obvious choice.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de