Hurt's a reason to change, but all the hurt in the world don't change facts.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

I would love to have more kids. Kids are the best part of my day. I don't wake up to make movies. I wake up to hang out with my family.

I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons.

I'm practically broke and homeless. This fatal city, Antioch, has devoured all my money: this fatal city with its extravagant life.

I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.

You will never be admired without being criticized first.

Architecture is frozen music. [Ger., Die Backunst ist eine erstarrte Musik.]

I saw a man clothed with rags . . . a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back.

As the lead actor, you naturally get involved with a show.

There were thousands of women in New York alone who could replace me in his life, but there was only one Gideon Cross.

Hitler was about population control.