I shall know you, secrets by the litter you have left and by your bloody footprints.

As for the common men apart, Who sweat to keep their common breath, And have no hour for books or art-- What dreams have these to hide from death!

Better--while life is quick And every pain immense and joy supreme, And all I have and am Flames upward to the dream ... Than like a taper forgotten in the dawn, Burning out the quick.

Life You have been good to me.... You have not made yourself too dear to juggle with.

If you wish to stand and progress as you ought, hold yourself an exile and a pilgrim on the earth.

A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out.

Actually, as a Muslim, we believe sovereignty and supremacy belongs to God. And therefore, we believe in submitting to the commands of God.

Compelling characters are not cogs in the machine of your plot; they are human beings to whom the story happens.

How could any responsible leader have ignored the Iraqi threat? If we had not acted, Saddam Hussein and his sons would still be in power.

Right now we also have this epidemic of obesity and diabetes.

You're not going to die," I told her, lifting my head to look at her. "I'm not done writing songs about you yet.

We must take the good with the bad; For the good when it's good, is so very good That the bad when it's bad can't be bad!

If you're looking for monogamy, you'd better marry a swan.

In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.