Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.

The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick.

Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity.

I can't give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma.

Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.

Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

But you will admit that it is a very good thing to be alive.

Familiarity with any great thing removes our awe of it.

There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid.

To destroy an offender cannot benefit society so much as to redeem him.

Unless one can think wisely it is better to remain a dummy.

It seems unfortunate that strong people are usually so disagreeable and overbearing that no one cares for them. In fact, to be different from your fellow creatures is always a misfortune.

The queerness doesn't matter so long as they're friends.

No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.

Everything in life is unusual until you become accustomed to it.

If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.

A good leader is someone who knows what hes bad at and hires someone whos good at it to take care of it for him.

No one, however powerful and successful, can function as an adult if his parents are not satisfied with him.

Never stop listening to your audience.

If you really look hard at the evidence, the most rational conclusion is to believe that the demonic is real.

If I tried to start modeling right now, I wouldn't be a supermodel because it's all about celebrity.

I think storytelling is all about children. We human beings love to hear stories being told - and it first happens when you're a kid.

The funny thing is musicians often love to go to see visual art because you've got all these pictures to turn into metaphors.

I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.

I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers or brain cleansers.

When you come out of the storm you wont be the same person who walked in. Thats what this storms all about.

You need three things in the theatre -- the play, the actors and the audience, and each must give something.

I tried to make every bit of it as creepy as I could. And I had the same response you do. I feel the same way. The hospital scenes, that procedure was so real.

My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known no wonder then that I return the love.

To be a straight person and discover you're infertile is almost like discovering you're not a straight person.

I wasn't attractive when I was growing up, and I don't think I am now.

Imperfect action is better than perfect inaction.

Instead of wanting to be better than other people, let's channel that energy to be better than we were yesterday and then again to be the best we can be tomorrow.

When in doubt, just spit it out. That all challenges can be overcome by speaking the truth, no matter how it comes out.

A good roommate may be the single most important thing to have when one is away at school.

Writing is an extremely rewarding and humbling process, and I've learned to go with it, that even if it feels absolutely impossible, I will find a way to tell the next story.

I love anything to do with cooking, from watching the Food Network to reading recipe books by Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver and Levi Roots. My favourite types of cuisine are Asian and Caribbean, and I love cooking new recipes for my family.

When we had free time in the Olympic Village, we got massages and rested while watching Netflix.

I'm secretly a clown, or maybe it's not much of a secret! I'm a little putzo, as the Italians say - a little bit loopy.