Out of the night that covers me Black as the Pit from pole to pole I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul.

Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.

I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well.

We all know that crap is king, give us dirty laundry.

Armchair warriors often fail - and we've been poisoned by these fairy tales

beyond this place of wrath and tears looms but the horror of the shade

But here's the thing: what you do as a screenwriter is you sell your copyright. As a novelist, as a poet, as a playwright, you maintain your copyright.

Sometimes to keep it together you've got to leave it alone.

It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll; I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.

The trouble with you and me my friend, is the trouble with this nation, too many blessings, too little Appreciation.

I'm not easy to live with and I know that it's true. However, you're no picnic either, babe, and that's one of the things I liked about you.

But love, like a mushroom high compared with the buzz from cheap weed, outlasts grief.

It amazes me when I hear people say, 'I want to go out and find out who I am.' I always knew who I was. I was going to be famous if it killed me.

We are not so mad as to think that we shall create a world in which murder will not occur. We are fighting for a world in which murder will no longer be legal.

I go to the movies a lot, and I regret when I see some actor that I used to like, to find them offering no more surprises.

Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder to the faults of those around me.

I thought you'd rather have a live donkey than a dead lion.

An artist is no bigger than the size of his mind.

You have to love that government, but hate the government that might work in your interest and that you could control. That's an interesting propaganda task, but it's been carried out very well.

Once I put that wig on, I didn't say an intelligent thing for four months. My voice went up. I walked differently. I'd ask incredibly stupid questions.