Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark…. In any library in the world, I am at home, unselfconscious, still and absorbed. – Germaine Greer
My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery – which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove. – Poppy Z. Brite
Ive been lucky. Ive made films that I really like. Its been a combination of what comes to me and what I choose. Ive gone after lots of things that I didnt get, pet projects that everybody ends up chasing after. Really, youre lucky if you get anything. – Hope Davis
