My relationship with Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm reaches far back into my childhood. I grew up with Grimm's fairy tales. I even saw a theater production of 'Tom Thumb' during Advent at the State Theater in Danzig, which my mother took me to see.

I'm not deeply ideologically driven. I believe in good center-right politics.

John Key

Who looks in the sun will see no light else; but also he will see no shadow. Our life revolves unceasingly, but the centre is ever the same, and the wise will regard only the seasons of the soul.

Henry David Thoreau

Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.

Robert Brustein

Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much; such men are dangerous.

William Shakespeare

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

Albert Einstein

You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.

W. C. Fields

I've had to adapt my wardrobe to my various roles, both at the office, as a mom, and for television. When I shop for the season I look for pieces that will suit every facet of my daily life, not just one single occasion.

Nina Garcia

There is no greater insight into the future than recognizing...when we save our children, we save ourselves

Margaret Mead

After my tour I had time to stay at home, be with my boyfriend and hang out with friends and that brought me down to earth and helped me write music from a more relaxed place.

Adam Lambert

I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.

Sara Teasdale

The most unhappy and frail creatures are men and yet they are the proudest.

Michel de Montaigne

America is not just a democracy, it represents a certain culture of competitive mobility and personality aspirations, politics is not merely a clash of interests, but a clash of dreams.

David Brooks