The greatest part of a writers time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book. – Samuel Johnson
No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability. – Samuel Johnson
I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world. – Samuel Johnson
The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed. – Samuel Johnson
Oprah was not somebody who was telling us what to do, she wasnt really teaching us like so many people we see today. With Oprah, she was learning and we were learning with her. And I think thats really was the seed that was planted for all of us to just hang in there with her. – Bonnie Hunt