To use color well is as difficult as for a fish to pass from water to air or earth.

You can only learn to paint by drawing, for drawing is a way of reserving a place for color in advance.

Drawing is the sum of directions.

You must be classic. Put yourselves before the model in a workmanlike spirit.

Darkness all around, smoke in between my fingers, all you have given me dear, sorrow and sadness to sing here.

One bright sunny day at a successful Literary Agency…Literary Agent: “So, Tina – we asked you to try and write a children’s story…”Tina: “Uh-huh.

To aspiring writers, I say : Don't give up. Storytelling has been an integral part of the human condition since the beginning of time. Don't let anyone tell you your dreams don't have value. They do.

I don't like Bush. I don't trust him. I don't like his record. He's stupid. He's lazy.

When I was in kindergarten, I had one line in a little play. I said, I am Patrick Potato and this is my cousin, Mrs. Tomato, and I heard laughter. I wanted to be an actress from that moment on.

Youth is a predominant factor. We are seeing a young King Arthur, and thereby a young-ish - as I'm into my 40s - Merlin. It was about how to tackle it, from that point view.

I like reading, free diving and hiking. But my favorite thing to do is travel anywhere in Greece. I love everything about that place.

Many of the articles printed over the last few months have ended up painting a picture of me that is more than a little distorted.

An unexamined life is a life of no account.