One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man.

Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered there is only error to be exposed.

H. L. Mencken

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.

Napoleon Hill

And even if you hate her, can't stand her, even if she's ruining your life, there's something about her, some romance, some power. She's absolutely herself. No matter how hard you try, you'll never get to her. And when she dies, the world will be flat, too simple, reasonable, fair.

Mona Simpson

The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists.

E. M. Forster

We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' and I accept it. I've got nothing that I hadn't bargained for. Of curse it is different when the thing happens to oneself, not to others, and in reality, not imagination.

C.S. Lewis

Try to find your deepest issue in every confusion, and abide by that.

D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence,

I'm much more interested in what an actor has to say about something substantial and important than who they're dating or what clothes they're wearing or some other asinine, insignificant aspect of their life.

Ben Affleck

My grandma (rest her soul) used to say, There were but two families in the world, have-much and have-little.

Miguel de Cervantes

I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being always twenty-five?

Lord (George Gordon) Byron

Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration.

Kahlil Gibran, "Children of Gods

Man has much power of discourse which for the most part is vain and false; animals have but little, but it is useful and true, and a small truth is better than a great lie.

Leonardo da Vinci

The problem with growing up in a cafe was the cafe never closed, my parents worked every day of the year from morning to night. So it was a big menagerie of kids, business and cooking!

Anthony Minghella