Goodness, real goodness, has it's own sort of cruelty to it.

Let me give you a piece of advice. The handsome young fellow who's trying to rescue you from a hideous fate is never wrong. Not even if he says the sky is purple and made of hedgehogs.

Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.

Your angel cannot protect you against that which neither god nor the devil had made

Will looked horrified. "What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?

It is as great a thing to love as it is to be loved. Love is not something that can be wasted.

It isn't against the Law to be an idiot.

Demon pox. There's always demon pox.

He banged on the side of the carriage. "Thomas! We must away at once to the nearest brothel. I seek scandal and low companionship.

While the Clave disapproves of trespassers, oddly they take an even darker view of beheading and skinning people. They're peculiar that way.

When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does.

You should look inside of yourself and see the person who is there

Be strong and courageous to take risks.Without trying and taking risks, you will miss great opportunities in life.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold.

The spirit of commerce... renders every man willing to live on his own property...& prevents the growth of luxury.

The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts - the less you know the hotter you get.

When you are playing an egomaniac running a fantastical ship, you don't want him to be too suburban. Naturalism doesn't work on the high seas.

I wanted to write a big novel, something epic in scale.

New Zealand as a whole needs to save more, spend less and reduce our reliance on foreign debt.

Love is the eternally burning fire in which humanity & all the world are being purified.

Once I get out onstage, it's the same sort of basic production that it is anywhere else. But I might be a little bit aware that there might be people I know out there, who wondered where I was.