I don't necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story that's most vivid in my imagination and work forward and backward from there.

But reducing harmful emissions, abating our dependence on foreign oil and developing alternative renewable energy sources have benefits that go beyond environmental health, they improve personal health, enhance national security and encourage our nation's economic viability.

Jim Clyburn

Only man is not content to leave things as they are but must always be changing them, and when he has done so, is seldom satisfied with the result.

Elspeth Huxley

Celebrity or no celebrity, I think a lot of females deal with the fear of being abducted.

Elisha Cuthbert

Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.

Lillian Hellman

The truth is ugly: we have art so as not to perish from the truth.

Friedrich Nietzsche

The distinction between pretending you are better than you are and beginning to be better in reality is finer than moral sleuth hounds conceive.

C.S. Lewis

Science fiction is very healthy in its form.

Robert Sheckley

Even savage animals can agree among themselves.

Juvenal

In terms of having views and being prepared to express them, yes, I think New Zealand's had a leadership role in a lot of things.

Helen Clark

Every moment of existence is a volcano full of truth! Every single moment is ready to explode, may be now, may be two minutes or may be two years later! Truths are ready to erupt! Every single moment is ready to erupt! Be silent; wait for the eruptions!

Mehmet Murat ildan

The Brown decision promised that every child, regardless of the color of his or her skin, would have unequivocal access to quality education and an equal opportunity to pursue his/her dreams.

Ed Markey

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.

Samuel Johnson