Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels

Life stories with themes of ruin can trap us. Life stories that are triumphant can transform us.

It is easy to be lenient at other people's expense, and call it generosity of mind.

My songs, well, they are sad, but in all of them the person singing them - me or whoever - is actually still trying and hasn't given up yet.

To be given the reins of creativity is a beautiful thing when you're used to just showing up to a casting and standing there having clothes put on you.

I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it.

Lysenkoism: A forlorn attempt not merely to colonize the botanical kingdom, but to instill a proper sense of the puritan work ethic and the merits of self-improvement.

No one who shall invoke this Mother of Grace with devotion and perseverance can possibly perish forever.

I think if you're a competent actor with a good imagination, and if it's on the page, it makes your job a lot easier.

I’ve been through all this before,’ he says to his heart. “ ‘Yes, you have been through all this before,’ replies his heart. ‘But you have never been beyond it.

Deep in the frozen regions of the north, A goddess violated brought thee forth, Immortal Liberty!