Poetry is the deification of reality.

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.

I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of goldfish.

Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.

Rhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality.

I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of goldfish.

Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?

If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?

The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation... they do not want to attract attention.

Change not only was inevitable, but usually brought its own rewards.

To enjoy a great life, often have a great laugh.

Authority forgets a dying king

If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.

I don't believe any experiment until it is confirmed by theory. I find this is a witty inversion of "conventional" wisdom.

I got a few things, because I think the props are so beautiful as much as anything else. The detail of the work is something that one has no idea of.

I remember going to acting class, so certain that no one's ever going to know my name.

If I weren’t getting paid or didn’t have a character like Wolverine to maintain, I would just be a tall, lean, fit guy.

The lies most devastating to our self-esteem are not so much the lies we tell as the lies we live.

I believe that illness has led me to a life of gratitude, so I consider Lyme disease at this point in my life to be a blessing in disguise.