Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it.

He who loves the law dies either mad or poor.

Thomas Middleton

Five thousand people every day lose their home because of a medical bankruptcy. Most of them had insurance.

Debbie Stabenow

The Brain is wider than the sky-.

Emily Dickinson

Tell the truth and then run.

Proverb

When I did 'Battlestar Galactica' it was the first time I really understood science fiction. That was a very political drama, but set in spaceships so people didn't really take it seriously. But some really fascinating things were explored in that.

Michelle Forbes

For my own part, I declare I know nothing whatever about it. But to look at the stars always makes me dream, as simply as I dream over the black dots of a map representing towns and villages. Why, I ask myself, should the shining dots of the sky not be as accessible as the black dots on the map of France? If we take the train to get to Tarascon or Rouen, we take death to reach a star. One thing undoubtedly true in this reasoning is this: that while we are alive we cannot get to a star, any more than when we are dead we can take the train.

Vincent Van Gogh, Letter to Theo

]sing to usthe one with violets in her lap]mostly]goes astray

Sappho

It's funny with fiction - once you cut something, it hasn't happened anymore.

George Saunders

As for how criticism of Keats' poetry relates to criticism of my own work, I'll leave that for others to decide.

Jane Campion

I arise full of eagerness and energy, knowing well what achievement lies ahead of me.

Zane Grey

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.

Napoleon Hill

Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.

Frederick W. Faber