We're in a time now where technology is such that we can create anything, and that's what's new about television and film these days.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

Aristotle

Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around.

Katharine Hepburn

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Mason Cooley

Money can't buy poverty.

Marty Feldman

I saw that she didn't want to answer that question and so I asked again: when mouths close it's because there's something important to be said.

Paulo Coelho

A merchant who approaches business with the idea of serving the public well has nothing to fear from the competition.

James Cash Penney

When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears, be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves - and maybe a smile.

Reba McEntire

Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos.

Mick Jagger

You're blessed if you have the strength to work.

Mahalia Jackson

I love the movies, and when I go to see a movie that's been made from one of my books, I know that it isn't going to be exactly like my novel because a lot of other people have interpreted it. But I also know it has an idea that I'll like because that idea occurred to me, and I spent a year, or a year and a half of my life working on it.

Stephen King

There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas.

Robert Lynd

The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself.

Ella Maillart