I like to have a hero a little underpowered. I mean, Spiderman is far cooler than Superman. How do you challenge Superman?

Some people are like Slinkies.They aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to my face when I push them down a flight of stairs.

Evil must always be fought.

My will broke at the sound of his voice, and my head turned with as much inevitability as a sunflower turning its face to the sun.

A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn't mean in winter.

The only certainty life contains is death.

It is one of those lessons that every child should learn: Don't play with fire, sharp objects, or ancient artifacts.

When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.

If it looks like a hallway, feels like a hallway, and acts like a hallway—is it important to figure out that it isn’t a hallway?

Usually the people I do know are sufficient to spawn any number of nightmares without inventing any.

Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent's blade.

A girl is different. They want things. They need things on a regular schedule. Why, a girl's got purposes you and me can't even imagine. They got ideas in their heads you and me can't even suppose.

Are you in pain?' I asked, because I know that everything in the world that matters shows up as some kind of pain. Or pang. Joy included.

Patriotism or Nationalism without reasoning is what I call “Nationalist Fundamentalism”, which is as dangerous as “Religious Fundamentalism”.

I can read people, and if the other person doesn't want to say anything, I'm fine with that. People say things when it's time to say them.

Jackie Chan, I've known him, he's a great guy. I know he's very watchable and fun. He's perfect, actually.

A tragedy can turn out to be our greatest good if we approach it in ways which we can grow.

Clothes are incredibly symbolic.

Countries that intervene militarily rarely do so out of pure altruism.

Violent statements and threats cannot provide a solution to the problem. They can only exacerbate feeling and make a clash of forces inevitable.

A man tends to over-estimate what he can do in one year...and under-estimate what he can do in five.