I know it may seem surprising to people, but learning dialog that has a conversational flow to it is not that difficult.

There is a vast world of work out there in this country, where at least 111 million people are employed in this country alone--many of whom are bored out of their minds. All day long. Not for nothing is their motto TGIF -- 'Thank God It's Friday.' They live for the weekends, when they can go do what they really want to do.

Richard Nelson Bolles, What Colo

I am dwelling on things I love, even if a measure of tragedy is stitched into everything, if you follow the thread long enough

Sebastian Barry

In England and America, a beard usually means that its owner would rather be considered venerable than virile; on the continent of Europe, it often means that its owner makes a special claim to virility.

Rebecca West, The Thinking Reed

Men naturally resent it when women take greater liberties in dress than men are allowed.

Michael Korda

Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it.

Henry David Thoreau

There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.

Robert Charles Winthrop

Till last by Philip's farm I flowTo join the brimming river,For men may come and men may go,But I go on for ever.

Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Brook

The future is as bright as the promises of God.

William Carey

The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.

W. Somerset Maugham

Grace under pressure

Ernest Hemingway

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down

Ray Bradbury