One beautiful smile can always be a good reason for our day to start with great hope for a better future

Endurance is more important than truth because without endurance there can't be any truth. And truth means going to the end like you mean it. That way, death itself comes up short when it grabs

I guess I'm motivated by the fear of failure to some degree and knowing what can happen when you don't do things the way you need to do them to have success.

When I realized that if I was an actor, I could be any character I wanted instead of just one particular, I was like, 'Wow, that's cool.'

The abolition of the class struggle does not mean the abolition of the need to struggle as a principle of development.

I would love to fly privately, but unfortunately, I don't. I don't summer anywhere either.

Never Refuse Wine. It is an odd but universally held opinion that anyone who doesn't drink must be an alcoholic.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

They say, "Gee, you look great." That means they thought you looked like hell before.

If it takes a bloodbath now let's get it over with.

Writing fiction, especially a long work of fiction, can be a difficult, lonely job; it's like crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a bathtub. There's plenty of opportunity for self-doubt.