Hug your children...Kiss your mothers and fathers, your brothers and sisters. Tell them how much you love them, every day. Because every day is the last day. Every light casts a shadow. And only the gods know when the darkness will find us.

We pore through libraries, dissecting the classics" Henry Sturges- vampire

Abraham," he said. "I'm pleased to see you alive, old friend." "And I to see you dead.

I've always enjoyed reading history, particularly presidential biographies.

An accomplished woman is one who has a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing and the modern languages; she must be well trained in the fighting styles of the Kyoto masters and the modern tactics and weaponry of Europe.

If a novelist has created vivid characters, interesting relationships, settings the reader can easily imagine, and intriguing stories, a screenwriter has loads to work with. The challenge comes with deciding what to cut and what to keep.

Pride and Prejudice' - perhaps more than any other Jane Austen book - is engrained in our literary consciousness.