For those who believe, no explanation is necessary; for those who do not believe, no explanation will suffice.

It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.

There are different kinds of infidelity, but betrayal is betrayal wherever you find it.

To put it simply, no Darwin, no Hitler. Hitler tried to speed up evolution, to help it along, and millions suffered and died in unspeakable ways because of it.

I think it's important to bring somebody from outside the system, the judicial system, somebody that hasn't been on the bench and, therefore, there's not a lot of opinions for people to look at.

When you are doing portraits, you have that intimacy with someone for a few minutes. For a really good portrait, you don't take the portrait - it's given.

A lot of people who wanted to audition for Idol have asked me: “What should I do?” or “How to I prepare myself?” I always told them: “Just go in and believe in yourself.”

I love plays. Even bad ones. I like the fact that actual live, breathing people are standing before you in tense situations that you are not personally responsible for.

The wise never marry, and when they marry they become otherwise.

How beautiful is sorrow when it is dressed by virgin innocence! it makes felicity in others seem deformed.