Home is a fairy tale, the kind where children are lost in the woods, found, cooked and eaten.

The library is like a candy store where everything is free.

Somehow life had become a story problem, and William was horrible at math.

She’d never felt more alone, even as hundreds of people walked by. No one recognized her, and she began to treasure her anonymity as a gift.

Is that vodka?' Margarita asked weakly. The cat jumped up from its chair in indignation. 'Excuse me, your majesty, ' he squeaked, 'do you think I would give vodka to a lady? That is pure spirit!

As for hobbies, people with stimulating hobbies suffer from the most noxious of despairs since they are tranquilized in their despair.

Wise people are in want of nothing, and yet need many things. On the other hand, nothing is needed by fools, for they do not understand how to use anything, but are in want of everything.

It was a silence that heard itself, awful and beautiful.

To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.

I don’t think I would ever have been able to be an actress had I not started at nine years old. I would have been the last person to stand up and say, ‘I’d like to star in the play.’

The greats weren't great because at birth they could paint The greats were great because they paint a lot

There's something perverse isn't there, if you're playing in front of 100,000 people and there's 2000 people down the front who don't like, you think: what is it that they don't like?

Perception is a clash of mind and eye, the eye believing what it sees, the mind seeing what it believes.

Risking the appearance of weakness takes strength. And the market knows it.