Many people are capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.

I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction.

Neil LaBute

Some people seem to understand this - that life and change take time - but I am not one of those people.

Anne Lamott

Even actresses that you really admire, like Reese Witherspoon, you think, 'Another romantic comedy?' You see her in something like 'Walk the Line' and think, 'God, you're so great!' And then you think, 'Why is she doing these stupid romantic comedies?' But of course, it's for money and status.

Gwyneth Paltrow

Every time he tried to reconstruct the internal arguments that had led to his decision, they sounded feebler to him.

J.K. Rowling

My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening to records and I'd play 'em over and over.

Clint Eastwood

My mom and my dad were married 56 years, and the fact that I reconciled with my dad I think made their marriage a little bit better as well.

Larry Elder

It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

W. R. [William Ralph] Inge

Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.

Garrison Keillor

Maybe it's like becoming one with the cigar. You lose yourself in it everything fades away: your worries, your problems, your thoughts. They fade into the smoke, and the cigar and you are at peace.

Raul Julia

If I have gained anything over these months, it is the knowledge there is no starting over- only living with the mistakes you've made.

Jodi Picoult

Finish each day before you begin the next, and interpose a solid wall of sleep between the two. This you cannot do without temperance.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

William Cowper