Bad art is always basically creepy

. . . what is thought now, and held to be universal truth, was not thought then, or true of that time.

Ma Baxter rocked complacently. They were all pleased whenever she made a joke. Her good nature made the same difference in the house as the hearth-fire had made in the chill of the evening.

A blink of an eye is what separates you from reality.

Never blame your shortcomings on your personality. You're not built that way

Expectations are the most perilous form of dream, and when dreams do realise themselves it is in the waking world: the difference is subtly but often painfully felt.

Racial inequality is a big problem.

Men without dignity are like clowns without an audience, pathetic and lost

I've got a whole lotta questions, and not so many answers.

I had a really normal childhood except I acted. It was like, my brother played soccer, and I was on television sometimes.

The problem of insufficient security was, until quite recently, a matter of a minority; now it is becoming very quickly a majority matter. That is a major change.