and mathematics, and also through an interest in Japanese and Chinese poetry in translation. Robert Morgan The cult of art gives pride; one never has too much of it. Gustave Flaubert I think the end is endless. It's either a big black hole or a big white light or both together. But it's totally meaningless, because even if someone would explain it, I wouldn't understand it. Yehuda Amichai To follow, without halt, one aim: that's the secret of success. Anna Pavlova In Wales, singing and storytelling are party skills, not professions. Rhys Ifans I am not one for half measures or half-hearted efforts. Jay Inslee I am always looking for a great play and a great part to do. Cynthia Nixon You've got to build a career and a practice. Robin Day I think that... the age of just slapping songs into movies, that's done. Joe Perry I'm very analytical, I'm very precise. Al Yankovic

you'll have a decision to make when it comes to television, especially with what you watch. Angus T. Jones I love L.A. - don't get me wrong. But I miss everything about New York. I don't eat cheese, but I miss the smell of pizza in the city. I'm a really big fan of Latino food. I want to go back home and have some good arroz con pollo. Tristan Wilds Being a part of exhibitions is not a burden; it's another way for an independent label such as mine to reach a larger audience by exposing them to my whole body of work. Hussein Chalayan I love to sing random stuff. That's exciting for me. Samantha Barks I'd love to do something else for Avatar after this. Mark Millar My motivation is tomorrow, just one day at a time, right? Rafael Nadal Every tub must stand upon its bottom. Charles Macklin I am a doctor, a real doctor. Pierre Dukan With what dope I got I think it fills me in pretty well. Dashiell Hammett Deeply consider that it is your

gamer community in the years past. But I want to spearhead or be a part of changing that. Zachary Levi Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood. Beverly Cleary The main thing I've learned is that we all have to learn to work with - and appreciate - the brain we've been given, and not waste time wishing things were easier. Laini Taylor I've got no education. Andrea Arnold I went to Carnegie Mellon. Patina Miller I have never been attracted to any kind of violence. Kate Adie I'm fiercely protective of my children even though we are on TV. Kimora Lee Simmons I get uncomfortable in large groups of people and loud music. Kristin Kreuk I don't do fad things or diets - they don't work. Linda Gray I'm celebrating my 40th year in show business this year. Roy Ayers

very funny man. He just didn't know it. He was a naturally funny character, and when my brother and I would laugh at things he said and did, he would say, 'What do you think is so funny?' James Belushi I had a terrible time with feminists in the Seventies. They hated me, those women. I think they hated everything. David Bailey That might have a lot to do with it, but you know, I probably don't show fear, but I suffer from fear like everyone else. Steve Irwin All my movies got screwed up because of my personality. Harvey Weinstein I love Edith Wharton. And I love old New York. Anything to do with New York. Leighton Meester And I mean I never doubt anybody's record. Inge de Bruijn Very few of my characters are based on people I've known. It is too constricting. Julian Barnes I try to stay away from forced intimacy. Paz de la Huerta Waiting makes me restless. When I'm ready, I'm ready. Reba McEntire Anything goes. You always find

and Kool Aid every day after school so that my family had some money and I could pay my school fees. It was a tough life. George Weah Nothing shows up the difference between the things said or read, so much as the daily experience of it. Vita Sackville-West Nothing that comes easy is worth a dime. Woody Hayes No one likes to be criticized. Laura Bush The Kurt thing has burdened me so much. Courtney Love Religion leaves no room for human complexity. Daniel Radcliffe There's nothing I'm doing these days that I ever thought I was gonna do. Meg White Well, for one, I don't judge my characters. Taraji P. Henson There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed. Livy A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. Texas Guinan

a formative time for me. But at the time I just thought I was making tofu every night for dinner and going to work. Zoe Kazan Feelings are universal, and if an actor's doing his job, I think he's making people sit there, and if it's in a movie or a theatre, going 'Hmm, yeah, I know that... I know that.' Jeffrey Combs I'm not a Dickens guy. In grad school I had to take at least one course on the Victorians, so I took The Later Dickens, because that was what there was. Lev Grossman My favorite movie of all time is 'Rocky.' Kevin James If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. Jeff Rich The world is still in deleveraging. Ray Dalio Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti. Jacques Barzun I came to water late. I learned to swim at the age of 20. Liam Neeson In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest. William McKinley Playing Fagin in the play and film was a small miracle. Ron

too constantly, the capacity for enjoyment or fulfillment decreases and eventually becomes exhausted. Alex Campbell My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience. Luis Barragan They offered me that film before I did Frida and I said, no, I'm not capable of directing. Then after seeing Julie direct, I was inspired by it. She motivated me to do it, because we don't have role models as woman for directors. Salma Hayek You can't put abandonment and alienation under arrest. Carrie P. Meek I am deeply saddened by the death of my dear friend, Dudley Moore. Liza Minnelli I think comedians see themselves as people among people. Michael Showalter For all Italian people, family is very important. We don't fight with our families. Domenico Dolce If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament. Florynce Kennedy I can't not put humor in a book. Albert Brooks When I die, I hope they don't cremate

table, and the game of Life on the card table. People were just so happy to be alive, I guess. Lorrie Moore I'm writing constantly about all my crazy experiences across the world, so I have a lot of music I've already written. Kesha One of the main techniques I used was focusing on the goal and visualising myself competing in the race before the race started. Michael Johnson We were born and we die. In between, I think we try to live as best we can. Olga Kurylenko I have invented the Thermometer style. Josef Albers Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk I had been building electronic musical instruments since I was a kid. Robert Moog Even befor doing this film, I've always been interested in mythology. Rachel True In fashion, only sexy won't go out of fashion. Donatella Versace My husband is everything to me and without him it's just not the same. Amy Winehouse

a man, in one of two opinions: either that Bob would flog Billy, or Billy would flog Bob. Augustus Baldwin Longstreet You can't be afraid to put out a fire if you're a fireman. You can't be afraid to be a police officer and carry a gun if you're afraid to get up and go out there. So you've got to put that fear to the side and go out in faith to overcome that. Duane Chapman I did a couple of films, I was very lucky at the beginning of my career... and then, I never had another job here for ten years probably and I moved to Europe. Rupert Everett Demonic figures and occult themes have disappeared from modern magic. David Copperfield I'll do anything to get the laugh. I love it. Will Friedle Everyone makes their own comments. That's how rumors get started. Venus Williams The songs come along at their own pace when they are ready. Christine Lavin I'd say that what we hear is the quality of our listening. Robert Fripp At the beginning

things should be much better for some and much worse for others, then those who are better off can develop at the expense of others. Alexander Herzen I may be a Jewish scientist, but I would be tickled silly if one day I were reincarnated as a Baptist preacher. Brian Greene The term 'the American Left' is as near to being meaningless or nonsensical as any term could really be in politics. It isn't really a force in politics anymore. And it would do well to ask itself why that is. Christopher Hitchens Prophecy is what we all have to go by now. Prince Hubris is one of the great renewable resources. P. J. O'Rourke I do not value religion chiefly for its morality. Leon Wieseltier I don't have control over what's on screen, and that's terrifying. Zooey Deschanel I never use that word, retire. B. B. King Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life. Mason Cooley I've done lots of improv things but not a whole movie. Martin Short

may have a beneficial effect on the heart. Allen Klein Fay has spirituality too, but she also has that very real sex appeal that takes hold of the hearts of men. Erich von Stroheim Books are not brands. Some people are very willing to see themselves as a brand, but you can't be a certain type of writer to a certain type of person all the time. It will kill you. Zadie Smith The sun never sets on my gallery. Larry Gagosian My family were all into classical music, and I found that very intimidating. Elizabeth McGovern At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect. Herman Melville There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends. James Boswell Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. Frank Zappa When guys talk about sex, eyebrows don't get raised. It's different for girls. Lauren Myracle Not everything happens for a reason. Sometimes life just sucks. Alexa Chung

be able to trust that your neighbors aren't going to look into your mailbox. Howard Rheingold I was a freshman and auditioned for the school play. Freshmen usually never got cast. I was the first freshman to be actually given a legitimate part and it was that feeling of 'Wow! I broke the system!' Katie Cassidy As a child, I was a clown. I didn't hesitate to make a fool of myself and I would love to completely take on wacky characters. Gemma Ward I can walk around relatively anonymously. Teresa Palmer I don't think England is that gray but India is like a long drone. Ray Davies I really see myself continuing to design clothes, fragrances. Kim Kardashian I read French much better than I speak. Cara Black But I deny that the Constitution recognizes property in man. William H. Seward I like to dress, I love to have make-up on, I like to do my hair. Ashthon Jones My parents taught me I could be anything in the world I wanted to be. Joan Jett

struggling to raise children, and to have relationships and be intimate with each other. Laura Dern At the beginning of the week, I roast a ton of vegetables so I can use them for the next few days. I also plan out meals in advance. Gail Simmons What has happened to architecture since the second world war that the only passers-by who can contemplate it without pain are those equipped with a white stick and a dog? Bernard Levin The dose makes the poison. Paracelsus Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness? Jonathan Safran Foer In time of war the laws are silent. Marcus Tullius Cicero Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are. Felix Baumgartner When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies. Khalil Gibran The spectacles of experience; through them you will see clearly a second time. Henrik Ibsen You don't get old being stupid. Chili Davis

a modern state that could enter the European Union, and there was very little time. The door was closing, and I wanted to get Bosnia through before it shut. Paddy Ashdown I'm very, very Spanish. I have fat cheeks on both ends. I'm sitting on my Spanish part. And it's my heart, the way I am, the way I speak. It has nothing to do with the way I look. Cristina Saralegui I don't want to be Tom Cruise. I'm not after some movie blockbuster career. That's not the kind of work I'm interested in. And frankly, it's not the kind of work I'm ever going to get. Randy Harrison It's nice to feel that you have a purpose. Norman Schwarzkopf I bite my fingernails. That's probably not a good thing. Joanna Noelle Levesque Nothing can stop me from loving my brother. Brandy Norwood Nature has different times. Michael Tippett I need to work on everything. Danny Bautista I love westerns. I've always wanted to do a western. Patrick Warbur

us and attune our ideas about ourselves and our existence to that course. Thom Mayne Having a child makes you realize the importance of life - narcissism goes out the window. Heaven on earth is looking at my little boy. The minute he was born, I knew if I never did anything other than being a mom, I'd be fine. Jenny McCarthy You don't have to be captain to have an opinion. John Terry I'm not terribly sentimental. Katherine Heigl If you're unhappy, you should change what you're doing. Marc Andreessen There was nothing there but black water and American fire power. James Stockdale If you have a screaming angry director, everyone else will be panicked as well. Bryan Cranston What we need to do is break the financial community's grip on society. Nassim Nicholas Taleb Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary. Sarah Ban Breathnach It's not who I am underneath but what I do that defines me. Chris

on the Days of Awe, and a book on the books of Israel that have been written since the day the Torah was given to Israel. Shmuel Yosef Agnon I'm curious about people. That's what I've always done since I've been a small boy. I'm curious about others. Gerard Depardieu I kind of fell into acting, but I have sung and trained since I was in the eighth grade. Tia Carrere Every artist in the world likes his or her work to make people think. Christo I think L.A. gets a bad rap. L.A. is the same as everywhere else. Max Greenfield I married the man of my dreams in 1998. Cindy Margolis People who work every day are kind of scared of things they don't understand. Young Jeezy I've had people turn up to book signings with knives, with guns. Patricia Cornwell A journalistic purpose could be someone with a Xerox machine in a basement. Antonin Scalia In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you. Abbas Kiarostami

some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. Percy Bysshe Shelley When you bring the darkness to the table, it doesn't rule you or hurt other people, but when we keep it secret, it's dangerous. Natalie Goldberg If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch. Gary Shteyngart We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend. Baltasar Gracian Emancipation of women has made them lose their mystery. Grace Kelly If Russians knew how to read, they would write me off. Catherine the Great I think God's justice is making wrongs right. Joel Osteen Fatalism is the lazy man's way of accepting the inevitable. Natalie Clifford Barney I don't want to be the person digging my own grave. Katherine Heigl I get bored in Hollywood. Rosie Perez

it's really important for people to be truthful about who they are and fight for equality. We need to help the world usher itself into the next phase. Olivia Thirlby I think music will be created algorhythmically, all the things that we do will be boiled down to a little computer program. Cliff Martinez Once in high school, I completely over plucked my left eyebrow all the way up to where you're not supposed to. I had no idea what I was doing and it looked terrible! My mom was like 'What did you do to yourself?' I was so embarrassed. Ashley Tisdale Everything is a blessing to me. Akon I just don't see myself as a travel writer. I can't. I don't. Robyn Davidson Concord, California was a great place to grow up. Dave Brubeck Homer is new this morning, and perhaps nothing is as old as today's newspaper. Charles Peguy Digital music boils down the actual musical experience. Simon Le Bon I'm trying to stop focusing on my flaws and ap

America millions of Americans believe in. That's the America I love. Mitt Romney Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is no parent left to tell them. Russell Baker I'd like to see women get on to boards and run companies despite the fact that men occupy the citadels of power. Rachel Johnson There is nothing glamorous about death. Roger Moore I always want to have more dancers in my company. Alvin Ailey I really love things with melody. Norah Jones I've always been a good flier. I love the whole experience. Erika Christensen Writing is self employment, so you can make your own schedule. Lois Lowry Tightness gets in the way of everything, except tightness. Jeff Bridges I was brought up to question authority, and thank God for that. Pink

never feel contempt for them. Claude Chabrol The great challenge working on this show for me is wearing polyester all day long and having the worst haircut known to man at the top of my head and sitting under fluorescent lights. That is America, people. Polyester, bad haircuts, under fluorescent lights. Rainn Wilson Wherefore for the public interest and benefit of human society it is requisite that the highest obligations possible should be laid upon the consciences of men. Isaac Barrow The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me. Howard Nemerov I'm not young. What's wrong with that? Vivien Leigh Women don't get the credit they deserve. Mark Wahlberg I never had any social life, just played the piano and studied, studied, studied. Imogen Heap Failure is a word unknown to me. Muhammad Ali Jinnah The key thing about me is that I'm really not very interesting. Evan Davis I'm as healthy as an ox. Julie Gold

make them a star and I want to tell them that no one can do that. Making hit records is not that easy. But it took me time to realize that myself. Dr. Dre I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections, Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling, Or just after. Wallace Stevens We shall say clearly that any symbol conspicuously displaying religious affiliation in school is prohibited. Jean-Pierre Raffarin This is America, not a banana republic. Vincent Bugliosi Life should be great rather than long. B. R. Ambedkar I'm a great jazz fan. Vidal Sassoon It's been my goal to work as much as possible, and be as unknown as possible. Robert Taylor I'm pretty disciplined and am almost always on schedule. Donna Shalala Language is the house of the truth of Being. Martin Heidegger I don't do much else but stay in my hotel room. Layne Staley

a 100,000, that means 100,000 of them would be interested in my book. It was logical, but it didn't turn out to be true. It turned out if I had a Twitter feed of a 100,000, four of them were interested in my book. Steve Martin When I'm making the music, I feel like everything I throw out has to work. It counts. Because if you don't have people turning they neck all the way around to see what it is, it ain't stick on the wall. Raekwon I always felt that I had anxiety of survival in terms of livelihood even when I was making plenty of money. Leonard Baskin Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen. James Stephens Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable. Janis Joplin I came to New York to be a fine artist - that was my ambition. David Byrne We need a greening of globalisation. Sigmar Gabriel When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out. Ho Chi Minh The stuff that made me mad 20 years ago doesn't really make me mad a

father. I engaged in discussions with him and many of these scholars who visited and came around the dining table, the lunch table, and attended many lectures with my dad. And so I learned the apprentice way. Feisal Abdul Rauf I have no choice about whether or not I have Parkinson's. I have nothing but choices about how I react to it. In those choices, there's freedom to do a lot of things in areas that I wouldn't have otherwise found myself in. Michael J. Fox I think art is inherently nonviolent and it actually occupies your mind with creation rather than destruction. Anthony Kiedis The players must be at the centre of their industry. Rob Andrew Love and work... work and love, that's all there is. Sigmund Freud As a musician usually music is your way out. Damon Albarn In my work, I have never had any use for anything that I have known in advance. Eduardo Chillida Man must shape his tools lest they shape him. Arthur Miller An Englishman will fair

spiritualized world endeavoring to interpret the wars and the solitudes of the flesh. Allen Ginsberg I like Toronto a lot, it's a good city. The only thing that really annoys me about Toronto is that you're turning Maple Leaf Gardens into a grocery store, which is absolutely nothing short of disgusting. Rick Wakeman I can't satisfy myself with just trying to tie all of my imagination into music, especially when music is not appreciated as an art form as much as it used to be. Marilyn Manson Gratuitous fat jokes always hurt, no matter what. Josh Peck It's weird to have leisure - to have time off. I'm not used to it. Sutton Foster I mean, I love winning, but losing is a much more intense feeling. Jennie Finch Mistakes and dead-ends often mean more to these artists than any proven problem. Robert Smithson We love doing commercial and TV show work. Gene Ween I'm not a Christian. Michael Sheen I am an education ambassador, mainly working wi

my life and I absolutely love it. It's a part of my day-to-day. So if I had to choose, it would be music. But I love acting too. JoJo I have asked the village blacksmith to forge golden chains to tie our ankles together. I have gathered all the gay ribbons in the world to wind around and around and around and around and around and around again around our two waists. Harry Crosby Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action. Malcolm X The master's irresponsible power has no such bound. Fanny Kemble My bad habits aren't my title. My strengths and my talent are my title. Layne Staley Getting work in theater has always been sort of cyclical. Estelle Parsons I'm very self conscious in a bikini, and I would never get my tummy out onstage. Mollie King I have my own gym. When you do jokes and they sell, you get a gym.

raising children, but many will pull rank when an important decision, like how to discipline or what baby sitter to hire, has to be made. Pepper Schwartz Ladies and gentlemen, my mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you! George M. Cohan I believe this country was built on a simple promise: that each of us deserves a fair shot. Joseph P. Kennedy III The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain. Lord Byron Whenever you have a minute I'd like to see you right now. Lawrence Welk The origin of life is one of the great outstanding mysteries of science. Paul Davies I was a very independent teenager. Melanie Lynskey A gentleman never talks about his tailor. Nick Cave I'm a horrible romantic! Jamie Campbell Bower I have condemned my kids to a lifetime of geographic illiteracy. Ken Jennings

the wind a bit. If you're going to live with me, you need to be able to embrace the countryside and wet dogs. Jay Kay I spent my 30s figuring out how to be a grown up, I guess. I loved my 30s! My 30s were really about being happy with what I was doing. Ana Ortiz I guess I invented extended warranties, because that's all we had to sell at Chrysler in those days. Lee Iacocca I'm eating healthy, I just have a crazy lifestyle. Tori Spelling I'm a lazy, lazy girl. Christina Ricci Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech. Ben Carson My whole life, I always wanted to be an actor. Keith David Beautiful things make people happy. Eva Zeisel Ricky Nelson... I couldn't believe it when he died. He was a great rock star. Dee Dee Ramone Every casting director I've met is a woman. Cameron Diaz

do. That's just many people's opinions on what they see. A lot of people project stuff on you, but that's okay. Brody Armstrong People reveal so much of their mental processes online, simply because the psychological effect of anonymity just means that a whole raft of inhibitions are left alone when people log on. Joanne Harris It is nearly always the most improbable things that really come to pass. E. T. A. Hoffmann I will prove that a great conducting career is expecting me. Placido Domingo Character is what a man is in the dark. Dwight L. Moody It's taken some getting used to, that my father actually is a hero. Alexandra Kerry Unless you can fake sincerity, you'll get nowhere in this business. Roger Stone He traveled in order to come home. William Trevor A priest encounters temptation every day, and some of that desire is very natural. Park Chan-wook Life is simply the reification of the process of living. Ernst Mayr

from that formula, you're going to fail big or you're gonna win big. Sylvester Stallone One thing I want you to understand is if I make a decision, it's my decision. Mike Singletary The cool wind blew in my face and all at once I felt as if I had shed dullness from myself. Before me lay a long gray line with a black mark down the center. The birds were singing. It was spring. Burl Ives Remember that lost time does not return. Thomas a Kempis Martin Lawrence is one of my comedic heroes, and he's a genius. Tracy Morgan Bad attitudes will ruin your team. Terry Bradshaw Demand no more out of your partner than what you are willing to give yourself. Martha Quinn A hexagonal piece of cheese is a lot better than a square piece of cheese. Hod Lipson Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it. Mason Cooley I'm not a bourgeois person, never will be. Etta James

to something else. Not golfers. Masochists, all of them. Jay Mohr Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising. Christopher Lasch Any type of animation, it could be really super crude or very sophisticated, it doesn't mean anything if we don't make this point in this shot, this one here and this one here. There's the saying, 'One shot, one thought.' It's pretty much a true way to go. Henry Selick A smile is a facelift that's in everyone's price range! Tom Wilson I've got to watch my back, so I can't put on too much weight. Jeff Bridges Anything outside marriage seems like freedom and excitement. Jeanette Winterson Sometimes people's careers take off on their first albums, sometimes they don't. Peter Asher Tabloid news is tabloid news. Elizabeth Edwards I feel like good music comes and goes in waves. Santigold I have always thought of Walt Disney as my

I always thought it was a little hysterical. Lea Thompson No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility. Simone de Beauvoir Some of the best actors in the world are very exterior actors, Anthony Hopkins being one of them. He knows exactly how to turn his face to get a certain expression. He knows exactly what to do with eyes, and with his voice. It's very exterior. Boris Kodjoe The longer your life goes on, the more death you face. Patrick Swayze I always have issues with trust. Vin Diesel I became a performer because it was what I enjoyed doing. Richard Pryor The Psalms, the anthology of the hymns of Israel, are still used by Christians. Kenneth Scott Latourette Hollywood is a place of great irony at all times. Mark Canton I've always been very self-motivated. David Lee Roth I always wanted the fairy tale, but now I want someone who is a great partner. Elisabeth Rohm

which is not true all over the world. To sell papers, they put color comics in. Ben Katchor Iron which is brought near a spiral of copper wire, traversed by an electrical current, becomes magnetic, and then attracts other pieces of iron, or a suitably placed steel magnet. Hermann von Helmholtz I tried to emulate my favourite guitar players, the old bluesmen like Blind Willie McTell and Big Bill Broonzy. I used to sit by the record player and copy Chuck Berry and the Beatles. You can never copy someone completely, so you end up developing your own style. Ronnie Wood When I was younger I used to be devastated if I would lose. Kim Clijsters I should have more vanity. Amy Brenneman The Gita is the greatest gospel of spiritual works ever yet given to the race. Sri Aurobindo It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes. Richard Donner We are mortgaging our future. Joan Blades Code writers, they are my idols. will.i.am I found that