I'd rather have an inch of dog than miles of pedigree.

I'd rather have an inch of a dog than miles of pedigree.

Gray sail against the sky, Gray butterfly! Have you a dream for going. Or are you the blind wind's blowing?

The dreamer dies, but never dies the dream

The violence of language consists in its effort to capture the ineffable and, hence, to destroy it, to seize hold of that which must remain elusive for language to operate as a living thing.

Everyone has honour and a good name. It is the only sacred thing that every person has.

No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.

If you do not think about your future, you cannot have one.

I know Jesus Christ died for my sins, and that's all I really need to know.

Friends are the true Sceptres of Princes.

I got more money than I can spend now.

Ever since I was in my teens I had plans at one point in my life to write a novel.

That's a big love letter," she says, squinting. I know what I'm going to say and for a moment I wish there was a film crew documenting my day-to-day life: "I've got a big heart," I say.

When actors go onstage, you know immediately if they can do their job. You can be a lawyer or an accountant for years and not find out.