I almost do not exist now and I know it; God knows what lives in me in place of me.

The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.

If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man ... just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man.

Learning to love is hard and we pay dearly for it. It takes hard work and a long apprenticeship, for it is not just for a moment that we must learn to love, but forever.

People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.

It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.

Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.

I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.

Don’t be overwise; fling yourself straight into life, without deliberation; don’t be afraid - the flood will bear you to the bank and set you safe on your feet again.

The most offensive is not their lying - one can always forgive lying - lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth - what is offensive is that they lie and worship their own lying.

My lone desire stands, looking like beauty on a cloud, ripe for my picking, ready for me to ravish and pleasure. Waiting for me to tempt and tease. Satisfy and gratify.

Once you hear the details of victory it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.

Happiness is when you see your husband's old girlfriend and she's fatter than you.

Anyway, we had a blast, and the movie [the Ghost Team] turned out really, really funny.

It was necessary to organize my career to remain at the top level until Salt Lake City.

Actors are merely the medium through which a story happens.

I don't hang out with the Hollywood cool people. I'm not out trying to make friends with people because they're famous.

Statistically, skinny women die younger than fat women. Why? Because fat women are killing them.

I feel like I want to crawl out of my skin, especially when people start questioning me.

Even an abstract form has to have a likeness.