There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale.

If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.

George Orwell

Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner who works and brings it out.

Marguerite Blessington

We do not remember days, we remember moments. The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.

Cesare Pavese

I have to admit that when I watch a movie in which there is no moral context for the violence - I find that offensive. I think that's potentially damaging to society.

Dean Koontz

I have a very close relationship with my mom, and I'm able to talk to her about anything.

Jessica Szohr

In my family, we were Americans, we were Republicans and we were Methodists.

Hillary Clinton

I don't mean to be funny.

Yogi Berra

I have been on a calendar, but never on time.

Marilyn Monroe

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over us. Our weakest motives were those of whose nature we were conscious. It often happened that when we thought we were experimenting on others we were really experimenting on ourselves.

Oscar Wilde

Twitter is the most amazing medium for a comedy writer. I can't get in every idea I want on the show no matter how hard I try to bully the other writers, so it's a way of me getting out other comic ideas and immediately getting feedback.

Mindy Kaling

Thomas Jefferson -- still surv

John Adams

When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, its ready to climb.

Pat Riley