Studious to please, yet not ashamed to fail.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

Empower Yourself, Empower Your Relationships

Stories, ' the green-eyed Sigrid said, unperturbed, 'are like prayers. It does not matter when you begin, or when you end, only that you bend a knee and say the words.

By becoming a writer I realized that I will live forever.” – Manos Filippou, Author

It's not a silly question if you can't answer it.

It's not that I'm not willing to compromise. But I won't compromise on principles.

All the copycat movies were always PG-13 and people said: "Nobody wants violence."

Everything I've done in my life has been by instinct. I never had any doubt I could do anything... I always knew I was going to be a writer.

I had heard so much negative talk about our generation, that we're slackers and young fogies, that I knew wasn't true of the people I know.

From a very young age, I was singing and acting and performing for my family.

Race always comes up in the conversation of Detroit.