I grew up in L.A., and I don't think I've seen L.A. onscreen in a way that felt real to me. There are definitely movies, but they are few and far between.

He could not construct for the child's pleasure the world he'd lost without constructing the loss as well and he thought perhaps the child had known this better than he.

Cormac McCarthy

I have a kind of boring personal life, to the paparazzi anyway, and I don't hang with the cool crowd.

Diane Kruger

When I get recognized for 'Twilight,' it's usually a teenage girl, and they're usually really loud. So it certainly feels like I get recognized the most from that, but it could just be because of the nature of how vocal those fans are.

Anna Kendrick

A hint - don't paint too much direct from nature. Art is an abstraction! study nature then brood on it and treasure the creation which will result, which is the only way to ascend towards God - to create like our Divine Master.

Paul Gauguin

If an a-s goes travelling he will not come home a horse.

Thomas Fuller

I think Bond the character is distinct: He's British, he has a certain code that he lives by, he's incorruptible... he's a classical hero, but he's also fallible. He has inner demons, inner conflicts, and he's a romantic.

Barbara Broccoli

Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.

Alice Walker

Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.

Robert H. Schuller

War is good when good survives and evil is crushed. If you don't crush evil then evil will get you.

Ted Nugent

Jesus is the only one who doesn't need a saviour. He is the one who is our savior.

Lacey Sturm

The truth about life and lie about life is not measured by others but by your intuition, which never lies.

Santosh Kalwar

It simply cannot be disputed that for decades the Palestinian leadership was more interested in there not being a Jewish state than in there being a Palestinian state.

Alan Dershowitz