Personally, I think they killed the bear because they were afraid of it. That s what people do, kill the things they re afraid of.

I'm tired of people thinking they're doing me favours.

Let me tell something, seeing your name and psychiatric ward on the same piece of paper isn't the best way to start your day.

Once you realise there's nothing to be afraid of when you die, there's nothing else to worry about.

When people hurt us, the best thing to do isn’t to ask why they did it but to remind ourselves that it wasn’t our fault.

I knew people were talking, but I wasn't listening. I wasn't interested in anything anyone had to say.

That sounds weird: "kill yourself." It makes it sound like you tried to murder someone, only that someone is you.

That's what people do. Kill the things they're afraid of.

Why is it that you have to warn people about who you are?

No one in France cares if you tried to kill yourself. In fact, I think they like you better because you're all tragic.

I keep feeling like everyone wants me to apologize for something.

You sure as hell didn't come this far to only come this far. Keep going.

When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of... We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart." - Blaise Pascal

What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the music play; Life is a cabaret, old chum, Come to the cabaret.

Music has an intrinsic value that touches Americans - they love their music, and want more.

Necessity urges desperate measures.

Whatever your mind can conceive, you can achieve.

I'm into parlor dramas. I'm into theatre. I'm trained for the stage. I trained to do Chekhov and Shakespeare, I was trained for the stage.

Ben didn't want to lose money. He had had a rough time during the depression.

The superstition that the hounds of truth will rout the vermin of error seems, like a fragment of Victorian lace, quaint, but too brittle to be lifted out of the showcase.