It absolutely helped - to write the father in both 'Juicy' and 'Beasts,' I had to see the whole story from his point of view. All of a sudden I understood more of what my own father must be going through - the fear, the frustration, the anger... the hope that he'll leave a legacy.

After working with clothes for so long, it seemed right to design them.

L'Wren Scott

Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations.

Source Unknown

Opportunity is no more than a better way of serving and providing for humanities needs.

Source Unknown

All good things are wild, and free.

Henry David Thoreau

Lovers quarrels are the renewal of love.

Terence

The books one reads in childhood, and perhaps most of all the bad and good bad books, create in one's mind a sort of false map of the world, a series of fabulous countries into which one can retreat at odd moments throughout the rest of life...

George Orwell, Riding Down from

If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.

John Clare

In anything I've ever written, all the characters sound like me, which I don't think is a bad thing. It makes sense. But I had always admired filmmakers who made movies that didn't sound like them at all.

Kevin Smith

The three eldest children of Necessity: God, the World and love.

Richard Garnett

I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues: Lesbian parenting, the 1960's, and interracial relationships in the Lesbian and Gay community.

Audre Lorde

She seemed a thing that could not feel the touch of earthly years.

William Wordsworth

This president has been reluctant to hold anybody accountable. No one was held accountable after September the 11th. Nobody's been held accountable after the clear flaws in intelligence leading up to the war in Iraq.

Bob Graham