If I am the phantom, it is because man's hatred has made me so. If I am to be saved it is because your love redeems me.

She's singing to-night to bring the chandelier down!

Erik is not truly dead. He lives on within the souls of those who choose to listen to the music of the night.

Everybody knows that orthopaedic science provides beautiful false noses for those who have lost their noses naturally or as the result of an operation.

You must know that I am made of death, from head to foot, and it is a corpse who loves you and adores you and will never, never leave you!

You are crying! You are afraid of me! And yet I am not really wicked. Love me and you shall see! All I wanted was to be loved for myself.

An author really ought to have nothing but flowers in the room where he works.

There are times where excessive innocence seems so monstrous that it becomes hateful.

Everyone dies. I just choose the time and place for some of them!

Erik: Are you very tired? Christine: Oh, tonight I gave you my soul, and I am dead. Erik: Your soul is a beautiful thing, child. No emperor received so fair a gift. The angels wept to-night.

All I wanted was to be loved for myself." (Erik)

Courage is not having the strength to go on

Trying to make a feature film yourself with no money is the best film school you can do.

We strive to further the occurrence of whatever we imagine will lead to Joy, and to avert or destroy what we imagine is contrary to it, or will lead to Sadness.

It breaks my heart that my father never knew my children. He should have been around for another 25 years.

Conflicts between nations will continue to arise. The real issue is whether they are to be resolved by force, or by resort to peaceful methods and procedures, administered by impartial institutions.

This country (United States) has too many freedoms.

I just try to stay around the same people, stick around the same group. That's what kept me out of trouble, because when I got into trouble, it was with people from the outside.

Joseph Cotten, who said, You know how I got my name? Sammy Davis picked it for me. Never got a dinner!

I've been thinking of trying my hand at rap. I've been recording snippets on my BlackBerry.

What are you hiding? No one ever asks that.