Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.

Even Morgan seems to me to be based on some hidden rock. Talking of Proust and Lawrence he said he'd prefer to be Lawrence; but much rather would be himself. He is aloof, serene, a snob, he says, reading masterpieces only.

Virginia Woolf

Half our fears arise from neglect of the Bible.

Charles H. Spurgeon

And anyway, life's too short....

J.K. Rowling

The unlived life is not worth examining.

Tom Morris

It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.

Terry Pratchett

Just think! This whole world of ours is only a speck of mildew sprung up on a tiny planet, yet we think we can have something great - thoughts,, actions! They are all but grains of sand

Leo Tolstoy

When I heard the word stream uttered with such a revolting primness, what I think of is urine and not the contemporary novel. And besides, it isn't new, it is far from the dernier cri. Shakespeare used it continually, much too much in my opinion, and there's Tristam Shandy, not to mention the Agamemnon.

James Joyce

I've had moments where I realize my body isn't going to withstand many more seasons, but I am very satisfied with my career and I am trying not to look at retirement as a sad thing.

Cat Osterman

Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon, we shall reach a balance between content and technology.

Catherine Deneuve

Our defense is not in our armaments, nor in science, nor in going underground. Our defense is in law and order.

Albert Einstein

My movies are unadorned, they're not particularly fancy, I think they're kind of workmanlike in some ways, focusing on the writing and the acting.

Ben Affleck

To be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret for, isn't it?

Edith Wharton