Everyone writes the book he or she loves to read. Great authors write the books others love to read.

I'm an artist. So if acting doesn't work out, which I hope it does, I'm probably going to go into graphic design or something like that.

Ask me that again next month, when you're all in Dhaka and I'm in Rome, watching Chelsea playing Lazio!

The cities are the principal home and seat of the human group. They are the coral colony for Man, the collective being.

The important thing is for the characters to feel real, and to be given the humanity they are due. That granting of humanity is what separates a full portrait from a stereotype.

In the real world, it is hard to be taken seriously as a woman. Use your brain and be smart about your choices. There's nothing wrong with being a good girl - it's actually very attractive and sexy.

I don't have the same access or time to gain access to music the way I used to.

Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.

Above all else, know this: Be prepared at all times for the gifts of God and be ready always for new ones. For God is a thousand times more ready to give than we are to receive

I tell stories to music and, thank God, in tune.

I had reached up and pulled the castle of dreams down around him.