If our focus is on how we are supposed to feel then we deny ourselves the joy of freedom in how we truly feel.

For we are all walking each other to our deaths, and the journey between footsteps makes up our lives

Without love benevolence becomes egotism.

It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful.

Maximum Rocknroll didn't have a map section. How was I supposed to know that Berkeley was not a neighborhood of San Francisco?

We do not mark out any precise line to be followed in diet; but we do say that in countries where there are fruits, grains, and nuts in abundance, flesh food is not the right food for God's people.

The history of this country was made largely by people who wanted to be left alone. Those who could not thrive when left to themselves never felt at ease in America.

Know the philosophy, know the details, and ignore everything in the middle.

Those who have heard me speak from time to time know that quite often I cite the observation of that great American author, Mark Twain, who said, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.

That's a long way of saying no, I'm always too bound up in thinking about the characters in whatever I'm working on and trying to make good to dwell on characters from previous books.

What you learn from studying acting is that you have to have the courage to just make strong choices.