I should have shouted "No" and left him. "But at least" said Satan in the deeps of my mind, "know what the temptation is before you do anything hastily.

I have lived to see that being seventeen is no protection against becoming seventy, but to know this needs the experience of a lifetime, for no imagination copes with it.

If you want to open, come close to me, I have a key which can open the locked door of your destiny.

It's a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species.

All knowledge is ultimately rooted in metaphorical (or analogical) modes of perception and thought.

I wasn't crying about mothers," he said rather indignantly. "I was crying because I can't get my shadow to stick on. Besides, I wasn't crying.

Both candidates in this election [2004] pledge to end this war and bring our troops home. The great difference - the great difference is that I intend to win it first.

If you really want a prize, or if you really want applause, you should try to write as many books as humanly possible.

My tone and my style are reflected in the movies I choose to make. I want to make big movies. My dream is to be Jon Favreau or Ben Affleck.

It's not just people in Hollywood: I'm sure everyone in the world thinks, 'What would be it like if I won an Oscar?

She was the captain of her soul

Historical awareness is a kind of resurrection.