With 'Twilight,' you have these massive tomes that you have to condense. With 'Penoza,' we

had an eight episode Dutch series that, just for the pilot alone, I condensed three episodes. So, there's a lot of filling in and a ton of invention that has to happen to fill out eight episodes. Melissa Rosenberg

Lucio Fulci is such a massively underrated director. Everyone knows him as the Godfather of Gore. Eli Roth

The stage show is, in some sense, highly theatrical. It's definitely not just a band in jeans playing rock and roll. Amanda Palmer

It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceal his snake-in-the-grass; but the reader may be sure that it is always there. Anthony Trollope

It's easy to be quick on the draw when no one has got real bullets. Timothy Olyphant

To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed. Hubert H. Humphrey

No, I don't belong to a retirement community. Sally Kellerman

I have learned that keeping my personal life outside of work is the easier, richer way to work. Jennifer Carpenter

I can walk on my hands. Luke Treadaway

I'm confident being at Universal, which is a great home for me, 'cause they understand what I'm trying to do. Pras Michel

Gemeoss

There is constant talk about the intermarriage crisis: who is a Jew and how

we define a Jew. That doesn't go over well with young Jews trying to figure out whether they want to be a part of this thing or not. Tahl Raz I've been studying voice for quite a while, especially opera, for at least seven or eight years. Shelly Burch Like anything, I remember who I work for. You work for the people who sent you to office. Darryl Glenn For the bourgeoisie, the main danger against which it had to be protected, that which had to be avoided at all costs, was armed uprising, was the armed people, was the workers taking to the streets in an assault against the government. Michel Foucault My grandmother is a huge part of my life. She's just a great woman: a woman of the church. Chance The Rapper I don't think we can fix poverty without fixing housing, and I don't think we can address housing without understanding landlords. Matthew Desmond One of my best friends since I was eleven years old is a gay man, and I knew his struggle. It was a tough life, you ...

Tough times have always lent themselves to nativist sentiments and closed-door policies. But in the

case of highly skilled immigrants, these policies are a recipe for stagnation. James Surowiecki I use that as my responsibility on the show, to be the pragmatist. Fisher Stevens I don't have to put on shoulder pads and run out there and let somebody hit on me a little bit. Emmitt Smith Nothing scares me but God. Lil Wayne Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food. Joseph Epstein One's life has many compartments. Harold Pinter Government just simply can't do everything for everyone. Jan Brewer I now walk into the wild. Christopher McCandless No, I'm not a scientologist. Katharine McPhee I always look for reality. I look for plain truthful roles. Jim Caviezel

I love being in the studio, and I am a huge fan of live music.

Without writing good stuff in the studio, you have nothing to play live. Anthony Hamilton I purposely don't talk about money, because people are already skeptical about TV preachers. But I do say that I want you to be blessed. To me, prosperity is having health, having great children, having peace, good relationships. It's not about the money. Joel Osteen When I was between 2 and 3 years old, I got to know my first non-human being. The non-human was a cocker spaniel named Baba. We weren't friends, Baba and I, nor enemies. He wasn't my dog. He belonged to the people my mother worked for, and he lived in the house with them and us. Octavia E. Butler I was considered the luckiest of all the female gypsies since I landed the job as social secretary to Ambassador and Mrs. David Bruce at the American Embassy. Letitia Baldrige Some musicians like to decorate their walls with discs saying: '1 million records sold in America.' I prefer to put up discs marking...

Persuasiveness is really just about getting your ideas across without being forceful.

It's a skill that can be learned and is useful for anyone who works in a team environment. Amanda de Cadenet I was an extra in a Tia Carrere music video. Adam Scott When people start to think they're figuring out 'The Vampire Diaries,' it switches on you. Kat Graham It's a huge blessing to know you've done something that has affected people the way 'The Matrix' has. It's like, there's 'Star Wars,' and then there's 'The Matrix.' It's cool to be a part of that. Laurence Fishburne Voters aren't asking to be pandered to and aren't asking to be tricked. Jason Kander I'm a pretty controlled and disciplined person, but my real vice is buying plants and food shopping. Zac Posen Barack Obama was a president who understood not only how technology could transform the way government services worked but also technology itself. He got it. Steven Levy Positivity, confidence, and persistence are key in life, so never give up...

Real science is the greatest, most exciting springboard I have available to me as

a writer, and I don't feel the least bit constrained by it. Mark Waid I said I reject any form of bigotry, bigotry of all kinds. Steve Scalise I'm trying to enjoy my time at home and be around my kids. Rey Mysterio The thing that I love about 'Scandal' is every character, it's not clear if they're good or bad. Everyone is both good and bad. Nazanin Boniadi Many of the basic lessons of business, such as the critical value of customer service or measuring risk against reward when investing capital, have essential application in government, but not in a vacuum. John Hickenlooper I grew up in London, one of four children. We were a very loud family, not a lot of listening, plenty of talking. My mum was a hearth mother: she loved to gather us all around her - Sunday lunches were a big thing. She was very good at thinking on her feet - people used to say she should go into politics. Damian Lewis When you're an independent artist, you need as much play or promotio...

If the film is a hit then everyone shares the success. If it is going

to be a disaster then it might as well be because of me, not because of somebody else. Salman Khan Is Europe going to be breaking? I don't think so. I think the euro will stay. I think at the end of the day Europeans will find the solutions in order to hold Europe together. Carlos Ghosn Attending that Convention and talking with those people and many others convinced me that I should become a blogger in my efforts to reform the government and uphold the integrity of the Constitution and the laws made in furtherance thereof. John Jay Hooker I always liked serve-and-volley players and big athletes. Richard Krajicek I never read reviews at all. I'm proud of the work I did. Nicole Kidman I only understand friendship or scorched earth. Roger Ailes It's a wise thing to hold back. Julian Clary I don't like violence. Katey Sagal I get nervous every time, for every single performance, before getting up on that stage. Thia Megia Those early days of come...

When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Do you see the real

you, or what you have been conditioned to believe is you? The two are so, so different. One is an infinite consciousness capable of being and creating whatever it chooses, the other is an illusion imprisoned by its own perceived and programmed limitations. David Icke I just feel exciting. Li Na Hey, we have obligations. We all work for a living now. Michael Irvin Pain is a beautiful thing. When you feel pain, you know you're alive. Criss Angel There are beautiful examples of art done by chimpanzees in human care. Frans de Waal My friends that are snobs think its cool I did a movie with Albert Brooks. Robin Tunney Fighting is dancing. Look at a great boxing match, and it's a dancing. David Lyons If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame. Tenzing Norgay I enter my studio at 9 a.m. I have lunch here, I return right away to my work and I go out to dinner at 8 p.m. My daily tasks vary very much. Oscar Ni...

When I had the idea for 'Shopaholic', it was as though a light switched on.

I realised I actually wanted to write comedy. No apologies, no trying to be serious, just full-on entertainment. The minute I went with that and threw myself into it, it felt just like writing my first book again - it was really liberating. Sophie Kinsella I think we've broken story after story that the rest of the media refused to break even when they had the story because they were scared of the story, or they just didn't think it was appropriate. David Talbot Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms. Damien Hirst Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes. Miguel de Cervantes Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society. Taylor Hackford I'm very happy with my body. Alicia Keys I am thinking about those things now. More so than all my friends - they're a lot older than me, but they're not even thinking about babies. Billie Pi...

Those are my favorite kind of parts to do, just being a goofball and seeing

how far you can go with something until you're just way out of line. Malin Akerman Psychoanalytic investigation has shown that in mental patients excessive affection often turns to violent hostility. Karl Abraham You will soon find that I am a bit obsessive about my work. And that is a little sad, one often feels strangely restricted, not finding time to simmer, although one actually has many interests. Arne Jacobsen My father ran a corner drug store where he worked night and day, seven days a week, until he died of a stroke. He literally worked himself to death. R. T. Rybak Social Security is a social insurance program - it is not designed to be the same thing as a 401(k). Paul Krugman I had six silly tattoos done when I was young and I bitterly regret them. I've thought about laser surgery, but that leaves a scar, so I'm just leaving them. Andre Benjamin I get more anxious than nervous before a concert. Miley Cyrus It looks like you're going to ha...

Inside a religious body you get sects and hierarchies, inside an information network you get

bazaars and cathedrals, it is the same, call them what you like. They survive by pointing the finger of blame at each other. Mary Douglas I developed my style by pickin' a lot of cotton, plowin' that ole mule every day. I just got the rhythm, and any rhythm I need I know where it is; I know where to find it. John Hunter I think the record speaks for itself. These are two individuals who have been for the war when the headlines were good and against it when their poll ratings were bad. Dick Cheney They say the first World Series is the one you remember most. No, no no. I guarantee you don't remember that one because the fantasy world you always dreamed about is suddenly real. Sparky Anderson I am just a person who is human, down to earth enjoying life... whatever god blesses you with. Enjoying life for me is just normal. Mohamed Al-Fayed I play out negative fantasies for people. I'm the guy people love to hate. And they always remember the bad guy. Brion ...