I asked Agamemnon plainly about Iphigenia; he wept. Not as one cries out of pain, but out of fear. Out of weakness.

The past is not dead - it isn't even past

The most beautiful thing under the sun is being under the sun.

Between killing and dying there's a third way: live

It is this ability to bear what is unbearable and to go on living, to go on doing what one is used to doing—it is this uncanny ability that the existence of the human race is based on.

Much later I realized that a person's attitude to pain reveals more about his future than almost any other sign I know.

When we stop hoping, that which we fear will certainly come.

A possession considered of little value up to now suddenly becomes precious to a person if another person desires it, don't you think?

There are secrets that ravage you, others that make you stronger.

I've known one thing for a long time: there's a role in the big machine even for someone who makes fun of it.

Every system of power in the world has a vested interest in weakening the individuality of its subjects and tries to weaken or it possible completely extinguish it.

I've done different conventions and had smaller roles in different sci-fi things.

When you catch me playing something at home, it's somebody else's stuff where I can what we call steal licks from, and that's how I taught myself how to play.

Never jump into a pile of leaves with a wet sucker.

I've had lots of offers of marriage and from women wanting to have my kids.

It's very hard trying to have love and a career at the same time. For those who can, great, but I can't.

I know the prettiest word in the world is ‘money.’ But I believe that words like ‘loyalty’ and ‘patriotism’ are very beautiful as well.

I believe our biggest issue is the same biggest issue that the whole world is facing, and that's habitat destruction.

I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From them, I take my only existence.

That's what I want to be when I grow up, just a peaceful wreck holding hands with other peaceful wrecks.

Don’t you think there’s a problem when we live in a society that considers a woman’s greatest accomplishment being pretty for a man?