And besides, it drives the dragon crazy when you sing about his downfall even though you are bleeding

I think "post-racial" is a dangerous trap. You can fall into complacency and give your complicity a much more dangerous character.

Not only is this not love I think it is the most diabolical unfairness that was ever taught or devised.

And we were married and all the windows were open but the smell of flowers was so thick and sickly sweet. I felt like I might choke to death.

Compassion is not complete in itself, but must be accompanied by inflexible justice and wrath against sin and a desire for holiness.

Cheese is milk's leap toward immortality.

You have to be pretty tough to be an actor, and you have to be pretty certain what you want. You can't waffle through this business.

I was unemployed for a long time, but I couldn't adjust to the hours.

With charm you’ve got to get up close to see it; style slaps you in the face.

An injustice is tolerable only when it is necessary to avoid an even greater injustice.

In Los Angeles, everything is 100 percent organic, except the people.

Literature, like nobility, runs in the blood.