From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me.

When the devil grows old he turns hermit.

Cruelty ever proceeds from a vile mind, and often from a cowardly heart.

I regret not death. I am going to meet my friends in another world.

For rarely man escapes his destiny.

Nature made him, and then broke the mold.

Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.

Man proposes, and God disposes.

For rarely man escapes his destiny. [It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.]

Such fire was not by water to be drown'd, Nor he his nature changed by changing ground. [Lat., Ne spegner puo per star nell'acqua il foco; Ne puo stato mutar per mutar loco.]

Did you ever wonder if the person in the puddle is real, and you're just a reflection of him?

Do you like reading? It's the best thing that can happen to you in life. Writing has other implications.

HALE, with a tasty love of intellectual pursuit

We kiss with our eyes closed but our senses open, infusing the spaces between with the elements of the other.

I want my music to do the explaining.

You can assume all photo and video is constructed as a fiction controlled by the person holding the camera and the person who is editing.

Men of wit, learning and virtue might strike out every offensive or unbecoming passage from plays.

I lived in Hollywood long enough to learn to play tennis and become a star, but I never felt it was my home. I was never looking for a home, as a matter of fact.

We should embrace our immigrant roots and recognize that newcomers to our land are not part of the problem, they are part of the solution.

Most people are afraid to trust their imaginations and the artist is not.