I think our hearts are very chemical and we change the way we see people according to how we feel about them. That's what love is, in a way.

Its unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn't have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They're kinder.

Being disabled should not mean being disqualified from having access to every aspect of life.

I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them.

I hate the way market forces try to separate us out in to the appropriate demographic - basically in order to sell us things. We need to find stories that we can enjoy together, not separately.

Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.

I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things: disease and death... I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals.

Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm judged. I'm past all that.

You can't imagine what satisfaction can be gotten from throwing a pie into someone's face.

When husbands and fathers leave, their wives and daughters tend to value themselves less as a result.

During an election, it's like they're doing my job: they're going around banging the drum for their party and selling their movie. You know, it's the same thing.

Each timewe bow to thefeet of anythingwe find riveting, the mind rises tobe surprised withnew crowningdiamonds ofcreativity.

Learn more and Know more.

There is nothing like a train journey for reflection.

Work, look for peace and calm in work: you will find it nowhere else.

The vampire movies I embraced as a kid used vampirism as a metaphor that expressed deep sadness and a lot of human qualities.

It is not that I don't recognize the danger in ski racing, but that I don't fear the consequences.

The finest defense of character is correct action. Acquaint yourself with virtue, and you can expect proper treatment from those around you.

My business is to obey when the Lord commands, and this is the duty of all mankind.

Man is at his best when complimented by the influence of a good woman.

Sometimes "Yes" is rhetoric enough.