I do lend my books, but I have to be a bit selective because my marginalia are so incriminating.” --Alison Bechdel

The greatest artist does not have any conceptWhich a single piece of marble does not itself containWithin its excess, though onlyA hand that obeys the intellect can discover it.

The energy of live theater is indescribable. You are just in the moment for an hour and a half.

The summer day is closed, the sun is set: Well they have done their office, those bright hours, The latest of whose train goes softly out In the red west.

Strength is not born from strength. Strength can be born only from weakness. So be glad of your weaknesses now, they are the beginnings of your strength.

Obamacare is a disaster waiting to explode. If you sit back and let it explode, it's going to be much easier.

The lack of closeness among friends is a fault that cannot be reprimanded without becoming incurable.

She knew that he loved her above all else, more than anything in the world, but only for his own sake.

Dancers don’t think about things; they just do them.

I think there are no meaningful images. Meanings are created outside of the image.

I love England and I love cricket.