I try to remind myself that we are never promised anything, and that what control we can exert is not over the events that befall us but how we address ourselves to them.

He says I'm beautiful as a red tomato

Wouldn't it be strange, she thought, to have a blue sky? But she liked the way it looked. It would be beautiful - a blue sky.

The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger is. And when anger is the boss, you get unintended consequences.

A person who thought he knew everything simply didn’t understand how much there was to know.

People find a way through just about anything.

When someone has been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?' 'You wouldn't want to. That's what makes it hard. You do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad.

What you need to learn, children, is the difference between right and wrong in every area of life. And once you learn the difference, you must always choose the right.

It would be something that another person had written down without understanding its significance; just a sentence or two that would be like a flash of light.

A darkness different from Ember's, but just as frightening.

The main thing to do is pay attention. Pay close attention to everything, notice what no one else notices. Then you'll know what no one else knows, and that's always useful.

You must not allow the hurt of the past to haunt or hinder you from fulfilling and performing your duties as one who has a passion to impact his society and make a change.

Never stop exploring... with Mother Nature by your side, the possibilities are endless.

Why should I shatter your wonderful fantasy with my boring reality? ~ Evie Snow

Sometimes life is not kind, and most times we have to hurt deeply in order to find out how strong and determined we really are.

I mean, I did a film, a musical of 'Scrooge', in '70, and the tricks were done by flat clothes and mirrors. I hope that the day will come when we don't have to turn up at all.

Islam is itself destiny and will not suffer destiny.

God help you if you use voice-over in your work, my friends. God help you. That's flaccid, sloppy writing. Any idiot can write a voice-over narration to explain the thoughts of a character.

I think you have to let go of this idea that you can be precious about everything, and let it be the abstract mess that it is.

So maybe it wasn't the fairy tale. But those stories weren't real anyway. Mine were.

If I can get Me out of the way, I can do anything.