I believe that it is my job not only to write books but to have them published. A book is like a child. You have to defend the life of a child.

Courage is only an accumulation of small steps.

Two basic values, autonomy and solidarity, serve as helpful prompters in any decision-making process.

May God grant you your wishes.

Criminals should be punished, not fed pastries.

Between whom there is hearty truth there is love.

The very first things that I did, even in theater, were bad guys. They are meaty roles for the most part. With the bad guy you have more freedom to experiment and go further out than with a good guy.

On your life, underestimating the proclivities of finches is likely to lead to great internal hemorrhaging.

When the government sees a poor area, its solution is to move the poor out.

I don't belong on this earth. I always feel out of place - like a visitor.

I'm pretty good at surprising friends and family with gifts. I tend to go towards the more sentimental side of giving.

This is a great fact: strength is life; weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal; weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.

I would like the government to do all it can to mitigate, then, in understanding, in mutuality of interest, in concern for the common good, our tasks will be solved.