There are a million little things, but one of the best ways to get to know characters is to just put them in situations and see what they say.
If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.
We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.
Throw yourself into the hurly-burly of life. It doesn't matter how many mistakes you make, what unhappiness you have to undergo. It is all your material. . . Don't wait for experience to come to you; go out after experience. Experience is your material.
To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
Spring is a beautiful piece of work; and not to be in the country to see it done is the not realizing what glorious masters we are, and how cheerfully, minutely, and unflaggingly the fair fingers of the season broider the world for us.
In science it is not enough to think of an important problem on which to work. It is also necessary to know the means which could be used to investigate the problem.
You have to save the vision speeches for when the company is winning. When you're not winning, you just have to get momentum back.
As much as I love being an artist, I love being a mom even more.