Aral the Jack, formerly the noble Aral Kingslayer, is the best kind of hero.

Miserere is about redemption, and the triumph of our best impulses over our worst. It's also about swords, monsters, chases, ghosts, magic, [and] court intrigues. It's also really, really good.

Some of us -" She paused as she sought the words. " - don't die unless we want to. The selfish ones never do.

The older you get, the more you understand how your conscience works. The biggest and only critic lives in your perception of people's perception of you rather than people's perception of you.

Appear at points which the enemy must hasten to defend

but as long as he keeps the bad people rich and the good people scared no one will touch him

A mighty pain to love it is and 'tis a pain that pain to miss but of all pains the greatest pain it is to love but love in vain.

I'm very politically active, but that has nothing to do with my charity.

The universe, he observed, makes rather an indifferent parent, I am afraid.

Motion picture making is a very, very involved affair. It is completely my baby. I'm a thorough professional. I plan films right from the conception of an idea to its final execution.

If you want to plan a revolution, you never do it in public - the authorities show up and arrest everyone.

One of the inspiring things about Susan Sarandon career is that there's a quality of real fearlessness in it - you seem to be in it for the challenge and the experience.

Knowing how to die is knowing how to live. What is death anyway? It's the outcome of life.