Persons in whom a crisis takes place pass the night preceding the paroxysm uncomfortably, but the succeeding night generally more comfortably.

Persons who have a painful affection in any part of the body, and are in a great measure sensible of the pain, are disordered in intellect.

What remains in diseases after the crisis is apt to produce relapses.

Both sleep and insomnolency, when immoderate, are bad.

Marriage is a science which has studied no one!

I think the best shaped box ever on earth is a coffin which can be handmade to escort the forever numb-hands.

As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do.

Ethics and religion must not stay at home when we go to work.

Forgiveness begins the healing process - when you forgive God, life, yourself and other people - magic happens within. That's why every religion talks about forgiveness.

It's important that a film is loud and I hope many people agree. You should be inside of a film when you go into a theater. It should surround you, envelope you, so you can live inside a dream.

Rick: Here's looking at you, kid.

We had no idea that in as little as 35 years more than half the people on Earth would have cellular telephones, and they give the phones away to people for nothing.

I directed an early episode of 'Supernatural' the first season called 'Skin.'

There are dozens of young poets and fictioneers most of them a little insane in the tradition of James Joyce, who, however insane they may be, have refused to be genteel and traditional and dull.