Myths are seldom simple, and never irresponsible.

Love is a universal migraine. A bright stain on the vision, Blotting out reason.

There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.

There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.

Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them.

The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good.

Kill if you must, but never hate: Man is but grass and hate is blight, The sun will scorch you soon or late, Die wholesome then, since you must fight

I was last in Rome in AD 540 when it was full of Goths and their heavy horses. It has changed a great deal since then.

New beginnings and new shoots Spring again from hidden roots Pull or stab or cut or burn, Love must ever yet return.

What we now call "finance" is, I hold, an intellectual perversion of what began as warm human love.

I was thinking, "So, I’m Emperor, am I? What nonsense! But at least I'll be able to make people read my books now.

Progressive art can assist people to learn what's at work in the society in which they live.

Toohey: "Mr. Roark, we're alone here. Why don't you tell me what you think of me? In any words you wish. No one will hear us." Roark: "But I don't think of you.

If your house has been on the market for more than four months, take it off the market and re-list it in two months as 'new.'

I was a rebellious child, a rebellious lover, a rebellious couturière - a real devil.

I don't return fruit. Fruit's a gamble. I know that going in.

Nuh-uh. No deals with the devil. I’ve learned my lesson on that one. ~Jaime Vegas

Every time I've been to Los Angeles, I've hated it. My brother works there, so I usually go each year for a holiday.

There are a lot of French actresses who just hate me now. I've made enemies.

When we find ourselves wondering about the meaning of conditions and events, its always useful to ask, who profits?

My heart gives thanks for empty moments given to dreams, and for thoughtful people who help those dreams come true