Anger is the rising up of the heart in passionate displacency against an apprehended evil, which would cross or hinder us of some desired good.

Once a decision was made, I didn't worry about it afterward...

Being afraid to tell the truth because of the projected consequences, whatever it may be, shows a lack of faith and an abundance of fear.

I've always believed happiness is overrated, you know? It’s those difficult times that inform the next wonderful time, and it’s a series of trade-offs, of events, of wins and losses.

As long as you're being a copycat, you will never be the best copycat.

Our work can never be better than we are ourselves.

the problems of three little people in a big world don't add up to much

My soul is not a palace of the past.

In the original novel [ Anthem], the story unfolds in the mind of a single character. Maybe that's why Ayn Rand called the work a poem.

I want to stay with dancing, because that's what I want to do the rest of my life. I want to be in film and be acting and maybe even modeling a little bit.

When things seem calmest, that is the time you should fear the most, it's when you have the most to lose.