It has been said that civilization is twenty-four hours and two meals away from barbarism.

Why are we talking about this good and evil? They're just names for sides. We know that.

Loyalty was a great thing, but no lieutenants should be forced to choose between their leader and a circus with elephants.

The future came and went in the mildly discouraging way that futures do.

America was, to them, the place that good people went to when they died. They were prepared to believe just about anything could happen in America.

And then he'd tried to become an official Atheist and hadn't got the rock-hard self-satisfied strength of belief even for that.

Notoriety wasn't as good as fame, but was heaps better than obscurity.

The really important thing to be was yourself, just as hard as you could.

You're Hell's Angels, then? What chapter are you from?''REVELATIONS. CHAPTER SIX.

Hell may have all the best composers, but heaven has all the best choreographers.

He wondered reflectively what would happen if you asked a nun where the Gents was. Probably the Pope sent you a sharp note or something.

Rafael possessed unfathomable strength. His speed defied the laws of nature...and his bite, good God, his bite. How could something so macabre feel so pleasurable?

As much as we strive towards the light, we still want to be embraced by the shadow.

Technology will move faster than governments, so don't legislate before you understand the consequences.

It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way.

No, I don't autograph blank slips, checks, or stickers, and certainly no books without me in them.

There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.

How much finer things are in composition than alone.

Mankiewicz was a brilliant director.

I feel close to Marvin Gaye, Vincent van Gogh, because nobody appreciated his work until he was dead. Now it's worth millions.

Painting a picture is like trying to fight a battle.