Luxury, not necessity, is the mother of invention. Every artifact is somewhat wanting in its

function, and that is what drives its evolution.
Henry Petroski

I feel comfortable singing in the great cathedrals of the world because I spent so much time as a child singing in church. And it isn't very different. Of course, nothing looks quite like Notre Dame de Paris.
Jessye Norman

As a young poet, you need corroboration, and that's what publication does.
Seamus Heaney

I've been lucky enough to work with some of the best TV directors there are, and I've learned from how they had to handle when things don't go quite according to plan.
Mark Sheppard

The first time I really listened to an album and thought, 'This album is mine,' was Kanye's 'Late Registration.'
Theophilus London

The rhetoric is the key to the character. It's the verbal music of the piece.
Peter Shaffer

One of my favourite actors of all time, although he doesn't necessarily play villains, is Peter Lorre.
Robin Williams

I think the thing I took most from game playing was just getting in the characters head. I took it really seriously. There's something about creating your character.
Drew Goddard

I do mean this - I had the good fortune of being around a number of Alzheimer's patients in the last three years of my mother's life. She was in a care facility that was devoted to just people with memory-loss issues. I found those people engaging and generous in ways that I had not imagined.
James Rebhorn