Nationality was the most pernicious, depersonalizing, homogenizing label that could ever be attached to the human individual.

Men may be linked in friendship. Nations are linked only by interests.

Truth is with the victors-who, as you know, also controls the historians.

The man who says what he thinks is finished, and the man who thinks what he says is an idiot.

Wisdom warns against desire, but there is power in wanting, power that can fuel the will and keep lit that precious torch, hope.

If you want change, create the causes.

I credit my mom Debbie for creating a solid family base, ... She gave me a strong sense of reality so I could avoid falling into the normal pitfalls of child actors.

If you look at our world, we're becoming so much more diverse in every sense of the word. It's not just about culture or identity. It's also about the different ways we communicate.

I think any writer coming on to Batman should at least attempt to do their own definitive version. What it means to them. Whatever they think that symbol or character can say.

Our choice is between cynicism and hope.

I think the essence of [Kurt] Vonnegut's humanism lay in his emphasis on human kindness as, so to speak, our saving grace.

The dynamic interplay of neural activity within and in between systems is the very essence of brain function.

You can be a dreamer, but don't live in your bed.

We’re only human.” “One of us, anyway. The other’s a reptile.” “Harsh, Annabelle. Very harsh.