In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.

One should always avoid unnecessary unhappiness. Especially if one is an immortal. They taught us that in school.

If you want to see what stage comedians did to get laffs a century ago, watch the 1910 'Wizard of Oz.' I hope you have a high tolerance for pratfalls.

England was a cold, backward, rebellious little kingdom. It's king: Henry the Eighth, remembered principally for his six wives and the chicken legs clutched in his fat fists.

Romantic Orientalism was fascinated by the color and excitement of a powerful culture, and nearly always approached its subject with love.

I detest flying anywhere. Left to my own devices, I'd never leave my keyboard.

People who like to fume about the manner in which Disney changed beloved classics are often ignorant of history, not to mention the realities of show business.

The 1910 Edison film of Frankenstein was itself a dead thing revived by technology.

I may cut my coat to follow fashion, sir, but not my conscience.

I want you to tell all these people that I wanted more time to spend with them. Tell them I meant to, tell them I wanted to hear what they said and tell them what was on my mind.

Give women the right opportunities and they are capable of everything.

Meditation is the conscious effort towards altering our subconscious mind.

Look at everything as though you were seeing it either first time or last time.

We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.

The man who prays grows and the muscles of the soul swell from this whipcord to iron bands.

Wish that everything should come about just as it does.

I like it because its ugly

My mom raise me so wonderfully. She gave me self esteem and made me appreciate my flaws, as well as my strengths.

Mirror sighed. "I believe everyone deserves a happily ever after. But I think that happy endings don't just happen by accident- you can't wait for one. You have to make them happen.

One does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.