I have discovered such wonderful things that I was amazed... Out of nothing I have created a strange new universe.

One must do no violence to nature, nor model it in conformity to any blindly formed chimera.

I have created a new universe from nothing.

From nothing I have created another entirely new world.

A question is far more subversive, biblically, than a statement.

The compelling thing about making art - or making anything, I suppose - is the moment when the vaporous, insubstantial idea becomes a solid there, a thing, a substance in a world of substances.

There is no group in America that can withstand the force of an aroused public opinion.

The solution to the problem of the day is the awakening of the consciousness of humanity to the divinity within.

Oh, there you are, Albus,' he said. 'You've been a very long time. Upset stomach?' 'No, I was merely reading the Muggle magazines,' said Dumbledore. 'I do love knitting patterns.

Any time I break up with Dawson or question him, viewers turn against me.

Don't pessimism and caution naturally go hand in hand?

Everything always passes, and everything is already okay. Stay in the place where you can see that, and nothing will resist you.

Subconsciously, Islam took over me so it was like eighty or ninety percent of the fabric of the person I was.

Ethnic stereotypes are boring and stressful and sometimes criminal. It's just not a good way to think. It's non-thinking. It's stupid and destructive.