She was flushed and felt intoxicated with the sound of her own voice and the unaccustomed taste of candor. It muddled her like wine, or like a first breath of freedom.

The artist must possess the courageous soul that dares and defies

There was a dull pang of regret because it was not the kiss of love which had inflamed her, because it was not love which had held this cup of life to her lips.

The morning was full of sunlight and hope.

She liked then to wander alone into strange and unfamiliar places. She discovered many a sunny, sleepy corner, fashioned to dream in.

Her husband seemed to her now like a person whom she had married without love as an excuse.

It seems to me if I were young and in love I should never deem a man of ordinary caliber worthy of my devotion.

She had resolved to never take another step backward.

The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.

She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world.

I leave such ventures ti you younger men with the fever of life still in your blood.

Learn and train yourself to take the hits in life. Obstacles, barriers and setbacks will come. What matters is how you tackle them, work your way around or find your way through them.

Hatred does not stir the stone men half so much as hunger.

Music is not math. It's science. You keep mixing the stuff up until it blows up on you, or it becomes this incredible potion.

I'm really lucky because my mom is a good beauty muse.

May our country be always successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.

Up North you are holding your own. Everyone considers themselves a comedian.

Two or three tons of rock can really get you down-and keep you there.

I think digital will displace film, yes. We're talking about digital as a thing of the future, but I'm afraid that it's here.

I'm very focused on "Dexter" right now. I want to make it as good of a show as we can.

I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying not to think about.