And indeed if you think you're a genius at something, what you achieve is very much according to your expectations; if you think you're no good, you're not going to get anywhere.

I think we ought to live happily ever after.

To love someone enough to let them go, you had to let them go forever or you did not love them that much.

That's why I love spiders. 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.

Writing for adults, you have to keep reminding them of what is going on. The poor things have given up using their brains when they read. Children you only need to tell things to once.

Happiness isn't a thing. You can't go out and get it like a cup of tea. It's the way you feel about things.

A heart's a heavy burden.

She was remorseless, but she lacked method.

I am a believer in free will. If my dog chooses to hate the whole human race except myself, it must be free to do so.

Only thin, weak thinkers despise fairy stories. Each one has a true, strange fact hidden in it, you know, which you can find if you look.

Being a hero means ignoring how silly you feel.

the moment you don't feel like praying, get on your knees. And the moment you don't feel like reading your bible, you'd better get that Book open.

Practice daily, because the quality of your practice determines the Caliber of your performance.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

But self-satisfaction, if as buoyant as gas, has an ugly trick of collapsing when full blown, and facts are stony things that refuse to melt away in the sunshine of a smile.

Men fear silence as they fear solitude, because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life's nothingness.

Hello and good-bye are not as simple as everyone thinks.

Certainly the format of ghostbusting lends itself to a videogame beautifully.

Now, all the movies are for teenagers. It's very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful characters to play.

The sick mind can not bear anything harsh. [Lat., Mensque pati durum sustinet aegra nihil.]

I love having time to prepare my lines and more time off.