On his Hannibal Lector mask: I've got it at home. I wear it to bed every night.

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.

We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap.

Life's too short to deal with other people's insecurities.

No expectations. Ask nothing, expect nothing and accept everything, and life is very well.

A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

I don't believe in nepotism. I don't much like the idea of parents who interfere.

Relish everything that's inside of you, the imperfections, the darkness, the richness and light and everything. And that makes for a full life.

The whole point of courage, to overcome your fear. That's the interesting thing, when courage bleeds through the fear.

I always liked to take the plunge, you know, I'd jump in at the deep end and hope that I'd find land somehow, or hope I'd float or survive. That's more or less the way I've gone through my life.

You're not more than one generation from poor white trash, are you, Agent Starling?

Pointing out people’s mistakes, having intention to take advantage of people, keeps one bound to a worldly life (sansaar).

What if just you and I hung out, like last summer?" Nick sat up and began twirling a lock of my wet hair around his finger. "Josh never needs to know.

If you are walking with Jesus, in the Spirit, you need not fear going too far. No believer has gone as far as God wants him to go

The ethical manifold, conceived of as unified, furnishes, or rather is, the ideal of the whole.

Getting on stage is a bonus, that's my therapy, that's when I can tell stories and it all makes sense.

For movies to get greenlit solely based on the success of other movies that have a lot of women in them? It's so ridiculous to me.

I was hoping to build a country and add to its literature. That's why I served in World War II, and that's why I wrote books.

The edge of a precipice... That is the place where man sits throughout his life!

As a leader you have to recognize that it all starts with you: your attitude, your commitment, your caring, your passion.

What I am interested in is the present time