Everything's about my personal entertainment. The world is my stage. Keep it up- you're becoming a star performer in the show.

Takes a lot of tries before you hit perfection." He paused to reconsider that. "Well, except for my parents. They got it on the first try." (Adrian)

You look too pretty to be useful." "Truer words were never spoken.

I used to think you were weak and just didn't fight back ... but now, honestly, I think you're actually pretty tough. It takes a hell of a lot of strength to not complain and lash out.

Rose was so full of life and passion that sometimes she seemed more human than I was.

I just rely on natural talent, " said Adrian, strolling up to the start of the Dragon's Lair. "When you have such a wealth of it to draw from, the danger comes from having too much.

I went to bed feeling melancholy, wishing I could havepoured out all my fears and insecurities to my mom. Wasn’tthat what normal mothers and daughters did?

Aim higher in case you fall short.

If you don't place yourself where you could fail, you'd never have a place from where you'd succeed.

What's the feeling to be lost?? What's the feeling to be scared???

I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out.

All I know is that I've made some big screw-ups, and I've done some things that have done all right. I just keep trying to learn from the mistakes I've made.

If it is a small rate raises, [there will be] no impact.

I've tried to use the recognition as validation that I'm doing the kind of work that people are interested in and to feel that my work is a contribution.

It's hard to be vulnerable in front of the whole world because everyone's a critic.

The problem of translation is to retreat to a simpler tenor of one's own style and creatively adjust this to one's author.

Many people are in a rut and a rut is nothing but a grave-with both ends kicked out.