One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.

It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there's not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality. The problem is that Caribbean reality resembles the wildest imagination.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.

Tecumseh

I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections, Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling, Or just after.

Wallace Stevens

Like most people my age, my job is the main focus of my life. I don't have some kind of jet-setting fabulous lifestyle where I'm constantly in situations to acquire amazing anecdotes, that's it.

Anna Paquin

You don't have to stick with these recipes. They're guides. As I say, they're a way in. Have fun with them. It's an easier way to cook in a busy life, once you get the hang of it.

Sally Schneider

I've worked with a lot of people who are more famous than myself who are terribly insecure.

Barry Gibb

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

Noel Coward

As we celebrate Recovery Month, it is time for Congress to knock down the barriers to treatment and recovery for 26 million Americans suffering the ravages of alcohol and drug addiction.

Jim Ramstad

It is wiser to find out than to suppose

Mark Twain

It is a defect of God's humor that he directs our hearts everywhere but to those who have a right to them.

Tom Stoppard

When you're thinking about the rest of your life, you're never really thinking more than a couple years down the road.

Chuck Palahniuk

Science is what you know, philosophy what you don't know.

Bertrand Russell