Should-haves solve nothing. It's the next thing to happen that needs thinking about.

Books have become products, like cereal or perfume or deodorant.

One of the injustices of the world was that it was so easy to make the innocent and caring ones happy with so little.

To anyone with a drop of Irish blood in them the land they live on is like their mother. It's the only thing that lasts, that's worth working for, for fighting for

And if things always stayed the same, Scarlett, what would be the reason for bothering to draw breath?

If only' repeated again and again in her head like a battering ram...'if only' could break your heart.

Scarlett O'Hara did the most courageous thing she had ever been called on to do. She faced up to failure.

How could a man know the truth of his own soul?

To anyone with a drop of Irish blood in them the land they live on is like their mother. It's the only thing that lasts, that's worth working for, for fighting for...

Something happens to people when they're masked. They become too free, uncivilized. They may do anything.

You couldnt erase everything that caused you pain with recollection.Every memory was valuable

Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art.

The sad thing about artificial intelligence is that it lacks artifice and therefore intelligence.

There should be a point to movies. Sure, you're giving people a diversion from the cold world for a bit, but at the same time, you pass on some facts and rules and maybe a little bit of wisdom.

Everything that I design I would wear myself.

I have long been a fan and enthusiast where art is concerned.

Every artist returns to things. The drawings that you make as a child or as an adolescent and the ideas that you have as a young beginning artist, no doubt they crop up again and again.

I'm happy to report that everybody whose face I've wanted to punch on Earth has already been punched.

Whether you know it or not, whether you like it or not, the habits you are developing now will be with you for the rest of your life.

If I brought groceries the way I buy health insurance, I'd eat a lot better - and so would my dog.