Even the eternal skies weep, I thought; is there any shame then, that mortal man should spend himself in tears?

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?

The beginning is always today.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!

You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!

I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created.

There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand.

Solitude was my only consolation - deep, dark, deathlike solitude.

My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.

I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell.

Nothing good in this world comes free! For everything there’s a payment of time or money or soul!

She existed in her friends

Patriotism or Nationalism without reasoning is what I call “Nationalist Fundamentalism”, which is as dangerous as “Religious Fundamentalism”.

To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.

A person who is assured of the love of God will see his fellow men in a different light and treat them and himself differently, and of course this also applies to business leaders.

I don't worry about long-term history. I won't be around to read it.

I take little bits and pieces of ideas that I may or may not believe in but I give them to this character and he runs with them. I have fun with however he handles the situation.

I was never a cardholder. But I was leftist in the sense that I voted communist.

Old age - that's when a woman takes vitamins A through G, and still looks like H.