My uncle always said that it was the sword in a man's hand that determined his worth, not the one between his legs.

Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.

My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.

Most have been forgotten. Most deserve to be forgotten. The heroes will always be remembered. The best. The best and the worst. And a few who were a bit of both.

History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will perforce happen again.

Do you want to die old and craven in your bed?- How else? Though not till I'm done reading.

No mortal man could frighten him, no more than the darkness could, nor the bones of his soul, the grey and grisly bones of his soul.

Fat men take a cushion with them wherever they go.

This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.

I prefer my history dead. Dead history is writ in ink, the living sort in blood.""Do you want to die old and craven in your bed?""How else? Though not till I'm done reading.

The world the Citadel is building has no place in it for sorcery or prophecy or glass candles, much less for dragons.

Where else can we find happiness for a day other than from something that can offer momentary relief, something like the booze?

As I digest what words I speak, I consume more wisely.

The days of humiliation, of second-class citizens and of inequality are over and gone forever.

I don't want to freak you out, but I think I may be the voice of my generation.

What's the point of trying to fix a world we're so briefly in?

The method of democracy is to bring conflicts out into the open where their special claims can be seen and appraised, where they can be discussed and judged.

I'm not an icon. Not even in America.

As a director, I try not to implement a way for working, for every single actor, across the board. I try to work with each one, on an individual basis.

I enjoyed every minute of directing my first film. Hopefully, I will be doing it many, many more times in the future.

I want to give colors intoxication, fullness, excitement, power by trying to forget Impressionism.