“There was a house made out of sticks, there was a city, made out of bricks, I was amazed at what I saw, all I could say was Subhanallah!”

“I went to a house that was not a house. I opened a door that was not a door. And what I saw, I saw.”

Simon R. Green (1955) British writer

“I saw the delicate bone structure of a hand; I saw the survivors of a battle sending out post cards... I saw the oblique shadow of some ferns on the floor of a hot-house; I saw tigers, emboli, bison, ground swells and armies; I saw all the ants in the world.”

Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish language literature

“It looks like the whole city is made out of stars.”

Brian Selznick book The Invention of Hugo Cabret

“I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.”

Augustus (-63–14 BC) founder of Julio-Claudian dynasty and first emperor of the Roman Empire

“It was just a moment, and I saw myself. Then I no longer could say what I was.”

Fernando Pessoa book The Book of Disquiet

“I don't take stuff seriously. I saw 'Hellraiser 3' the other day at Cannes; it's OK, it's a good film, I didn't hate it or anything. I thought it was quite good, but it was all just so serious. Some guy walking round with pins sticking out of his face. I just can't sit there and think,'this is really scary.' If I made a 'Hellraiser' film, I'd like Pinhead to be whacked against a wall and have all the pins flattened into his face.”

Peter Jackson (1961) New Zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter

“This is not good. This is not right. My feet stick out of bed all night. And when I pull them in, oh dear! My head sticks out of bed out here!”

Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books

“I had the play safe. I saw a replay -- it was a point where Randall made a great stretch, made a great play. I have to go with what I had on the field.”

Carlos Zambrano (1981) Venezuelan baseball pitcher

“I got a man to stick it out
And make a home from a rented house
And we'll collect the moments one by one
I guess that's how the future's done.”

Leslie Feist (1976) Canadian musician