Passion is sweeter split strand by strand. Divided and re-divided likemercury then gathered up only at the last moment.

It may be that you are settled in another place it may be that you are happy but the one who took your heart wields final power.

When I fell in love it was as though I looked into a mirror for the first time and saw myself.

I go on writing so that I will always have something to read.

The world is surely wide enough to walk without fear.

St. Paul said it is better to marry than to burn, but my mother taught me it is better to burn than to marry.

Infatuation. First Love. Lust. My passion can be explained away. But this is sure: Whatever she touches, she reveals.

Passion out of passion's obstacles.

Passion is not such an emotion as a destiny.

Nowadays people talk about the things he did as though they made sense. As though even his most disastrous mistakes were only the result of bad luck or hubris.

What is luck', he said, 'but the ability to exploit accidents?

Science is better than sympathy, if only it is science.

Trust your instincts. Do not confuse ego with instinct. Ego has to be set aside if you want to improve, and we should always want to improve. There is no glass ceiling on being better.

You can succeed at almost anything for which you have unbridled enthusiasm.

Having to travel so much plays havoc with your personal life.

My swag is always capital and live in north Virginia.

Once you've arrived at the end of the world, it hardly matters which route you took.

In general, the churches, visited by me often on weekdays... bore for me the same relation to God that billboards did to Coca-Cola; they promoted thirst without quenching it.

Extenuating circumstance to be mentioned on Judgment Day: We never asked to be born in the first place.

I've realised that nobody's going to die if I don't get it right and that there are a number of things out there, beyond acting, that are very interesting and fulfilling.

Smiles are the soul's kisses.