Because it may seem like a small role now, but it matters. In the end, everything matters.

The main thing I wanted to say, and thankfully it’s what most people say they get out of the book, is simply an acknowledgement that we do affect each other in ways we can’t predict.

No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same.

You can hear rumors. But you can't know them.

You can't stop the future You can't rewind the past The only way to learn the secret ...is to press play.

I've always loved brainstorming with other writers, and I consider having my work critiqued a part of that brainstorming.

And at some point, the struggle becomes too much-too tiring-and you consider letting go. Allowing tragedy... or whatever... to happen.

You can't go back to how things were. How you thought they were. All you really have is...now.

Everything...affects everything

After all, how often do we get a second chance?

In the end....everything matters.

It is not your fault you believe what your parents tell you. It is theirs for telling you unbelievable things. -- ME

Be yourself.Become all that you want to be.You should go as far as you can.There is no limit to what you can achieve.

If you want to be witty work on your character and say what you think on every occasion.

Perfume acts as an anesthetic. By the time she floats a little your way, you'll promise her anything.

I think that's my approach: If it feels right for a scene to be whole, to hold on without cutting for a long time, then that's great. But other scenes, they don't want it.

The conservatism of a religion - it's orthodoxy - is the inert coagulum of a once highly reactive sap.

We have to leave everything we have been, a perceiver, "I" as an individual. That is enlightenment.

As part of the National Strategy, the Government should commit itself to the virtual elimination of functional illiteracy and innumeracy.

We need everyone to participate to make our city safe. And we know that the vast majority of immigrants are contributing positively to our economy and to our society here in the city of New York.

To win over your bad self is the grandest and foremost of victories.