Sometimes I wish I had never saved your neck from decapitation in Faroe. Then I could just descend into lewdness in peace.

Like a dried up spring, magic trickled forth with less and less strength, until one day, the people awoke and there was simply no more to be had.

With a blade at your throat, a well-connected uncle or a wealthy mother could not save you. Only you could save yourself.

One of the biggest challenge in life is to see things for what they are instead of what you want them to be.

To see the Summer Sky Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie— True Poems flee—

I was never an ingénue at any point in my career. I was hoping that whatever I was bringing to the table, it wasn't some physical attribute that would change or fade over time.

Little hearts, little souls give little lusts big power. Big hearts give little lusts little power.

The opposite of a leader isn't a follower. The opposite of a leader is a pessimist.

Every affliction tests our will, showing whether it is inclined to good or evil. That is why an unforeseen affliction is called a test, because it enables a man to test his hidden desires.

When I was about 11, 12, we moved to Jersey City. Everywhere I go I'm an outsider.

If you're walking with somebody, you're heading in the same direction, and the spatial dance you're doing is a little more cooperative.

If a movie makes money, then it's a success.

I mean if we even had a wheelbarrow, that would be something.