Honesty is a quality Patrick likes. Give him a bitter pill if the situation demands it, but don't tell him it's chocolate.

You could be performing below your potential in areas where you are relying on your own experiences alone and without the guidance of a trusted mentor.

Perfectionists are patient, the diligent are persevering, and the relentless are successful.

Nothing inspires me greater than the silly behaviour and crazy ideas of my best friends...

Once taken by her, you glowedAnd you drank her poisons, content. Because all the stars seemed to grow, And fields had a different scent, Autumn fields.

I am an Asian designer. I was born in Taiwan. That is who I am. But I am a designer, like any designer of any race. Growing up in the '80s in Taiwan, the arts were not considered a career.

I didn't know at the time I was writing Because of Winn-Dixie where the story came from, but in retrospect I can see that it was a response to a terribly harsh winter here in Minnesota.

The art establishment has turned away from the old curriculum which puts beauty and craft at the top of the agenda.

Disability need not be an obstacle to success.

Let the new faces play what tricks they will In the old rooms; night can outbalance day, Our shadows rove the garden gravel still, The living seem more shadowy than they.

Actors are players and if they're hot, or onto something, you let them go, or you and the actor can both get on to something. I always run out with lines as I think of them.