[T]ruth is considered profane, and only illusion is sacred

It is not as in the Bible, that God created man in his own image. But, on the contrary, man created God in his own image.

I would rather be a devil in alliance with truth, than an angel in alliance with falsehood.

Wherever morality is based on theology, wherever the right is made dependent on divine authority, the most immoral, unjust, infamous things can be justified and established.

The present age ... prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence ... for in these days illusion only is sacred, truth profane.

As we expand our knowledge of good books, we shrink the circle of men whose company we appreciate.

Man created God in his own image.

The power of thought is the light of knowledge, the power of will is the energy of character, the power of heart is love. Reason, love and power of will are perfections of man.

The power of miracle is the power of imagination.

What yesterday was still religion is no longer such today; and what today is atheism, tomorrow will be religion.

To theology, ... only what it holds sacred is true, whereas to philosophy, only what holds true is sacred.

There was something about her playing... a knowledge of darkness in the most extreme form.

The sicker our fans get, the sicker we'll get

I've learned so much from my failures that I'm thinking of having some more.

John Logan pretty much does the Woody Allen thing of just bringing people in and meeting them.

Most of the choices we make each day may feel like the products of well-considered decision making, but they’re not. They’re habits.

According to all the experts, it's time for me to talk about what I'm going through... I can't. I'd need a new alphabet, one made of falling, of tectonic plates shifting, of the deep devouring dark.

All flight is based upon producing air pressure, all flight energy consists in overcoming air pressure.

Nature encourages no looseness; pardons no errors.

That meddling in other people's affairs...formerly conducted by the most discreet intrigue is now openly advocated under the name of intervention.

I wasn't quite sure how a player got to the big leagues. As far as I knew, he was just there one day.