Love me, and tell me so sometimes.

Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more.

Genius is expansive, irresistible, and irresistibly expansive. If it is in you, no cords can confine it.

It is the crushed grape that gives out the blood-red wine: it is the suffering soul that breathes the sweetest melodies.

Christ made no distinction, but opened the door wide to woman as to man.

Whatever an author puts between the two covers of his book is public property; whatever of himself he does not put there is his private property, as much as if he had never written a word.

What's virtue in a man can't be virtue in a cat.

People cry out, and deplore the unremunerative employment of woman. The true want is the other way. Women really trained, and capable of good work, can command any wages or salaries.

One ought not to write for money, but I consider it a first duty after one has written to exact the highest possible price. It is not a matter which concerns only the writer, but all writers.

It's only awkward if it matters.

Forgiveness requires a sacrifice of pride. A humbling of the spirit. An increase of selfless love. A time when you allow others' feelings to be more important than your own.

I can't dance anymore. Total knee replacements. I can't do anything anymore.

The thing that impressed everyone when he same on the scene as a 17 year old was he already spoke like a man. (on Michael Owen)

I'm not anti-Jewish; I'm anti-Zionist.

Countries do not assume burdens because it is fair, only because it is necessary.

In the morning, when the nothing vase casts a something shadow, like the memory of someone you've lost, what can you say about that?

So much of the way books get classified has to do with marketing decisions. I think it's more useful to think of literary books and sci-fi/fantasy books as existing on a continuum.

Entering into the flow of abundance begins when exceeding expectations becomes a way of life.

I don't make the best movies in the world, but at times, I do feel like I'm adding something to the cinematic community.