Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them.

The strong survive, but the courageous triumph.

A boy and a girl, dressed in the T-shirts and denim that are the shabby uniform of this age.

They ex­pect­ed to lose. And there­fore, they lost. [..] Peo­ple who start think­ing deep dark thoughts in the mid­dle of a war start ex­pect­ing to lose.

Master the rules of the game until you can play it better they can.

A warrior with a cause is the most dangerous soldier of all

You might argue that the history of contemporary art is a series of avant-garde movements, each new wave outraging the last.

The problem with contemporary art is that no one bothers to do the research necessary to give people what they want.

At the heart of every legend there is a grain of truth.

He who retreats lives longer.

Artists want to sell their work, sure. But they aren't out there asking questions about what people want and what they don't want, now are they?

Time is the mercy of Eternity without Time's swiftness/ Which is the swiftest of all things: all were eternal torment.

The first rule on breaking a rule is to know everything about the rule.

Envy is the basis of democracy.

The right way to wholeness is made up of fateful detours and wrong turnings.

I fell in love with Twitter. Fathers, lock up your deadlines.

I'm fortunate: I can play as long as I want to play. There's no coach or trainer who is going to say to me that I'm dropped or sacked, it's time to move on. I can play as long as I want to play.

Pride ruined the angels, Their shame them restores; And the joy that is sweetest Lurks in stings of remorse.

Right now, American law bars the admission of aliens suspected of terrorist activity - but not of terrorist sympathies.

I have no formal culinary training, right.

Lionel whispered because he was under the impression that it was out of respect for books, not consideration for readers.