It demeans you to cover rotten meat with honey. I know what I am. What would you want with a monster?" "Everything.

Mutually assured destruction.

Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty.

Every hero is the villain of his own story.

Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.

You're like this leopard who's pretending to be a house cat.

Those who really love you don't mean to hurt you and if they do, you can't see it in their eyes but it hurts them too.

Jewels, lies, slips of paper, dried flowers, memories of thing long past, useless quotations, idle hands, beads, buttons, and mischief.

Put your puppet on the throne." said Talathain. "You may make her Queen but she won’t be Queen for long.

There’s nothing like a gunshot to make you the life of the party.

If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.

There's plenty of money to be had. But you also lose your soul.

Cinema has no boundaries...we all belong to the same artistic community.

If you listen to yo momma You won't ever have no fun.

Clinging to each other won't save you maggots when the boot falls!

You have to live where you wake up, even if someone else dreamed you there.

language is magical - it's a form of conjuring. If you do it convincingly, readers will follow you.

I know that nothing comes to pass but what God appoints; our fate is decreed, and things do not happen by chance, but every man's portion of joy and sorrow is predetermined.

Believe me, when people say, 'We want to pay you X-million to do this movie,' I won't be the girl who hangs back saying, 'Oh, I really don't deserve it,' I'll be, 'Un-hunh, hand it right over.'

Jazz is like wine. When it is new it's only for the experts, but when it gets older everybody wants it.

When remaining in awareness itself, every thought movement, no matter what kind, is like a drawing in air.