Most of us can as we choose make of this world either a palace or a prison.

Oh Christ, he understood more than he wanted to right now. Give me a chance, Louis thought, and I’llunderstand myself right into the nearest mental asylum.

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.

The only infallible truth of our lives is that everything we love in life will be taken from us.

Hard work isn't enough. You got to believe

I'm new to the Twitterverse and so I'm attempting to build my followers. I'm trying to be a better tweeter. I try not to tweet too much, just when I've got something worthwhile to say.

If I wasn't an actor, I think I'd have gone mad. You have to have extra voltage, some extra temperament to reach certain heights.

To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbsial disgrace.

A lot of people want to see this idealized version of heroism, all pretty and perfect, and I'm not interested in playing the goody-goody hero at all.

Love starts with a gut feeling, but that gut feeling better be nourished.