Tear-falling pity dwells not in this eye.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

I've been in love and you'll never know

No doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself on the grounds that it was human nature.

One of the only coherent philosophical positions is thus revolt. It is a constant confrontation between man and his own obscurity.

When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they disapprove you, what good.

I'm not faithful to one particular medium, and it's what I try to teach to people who work with me.

Listening to your own mind gives you "good reasons" why you should be fearful over unexpected events is just like being friends with someone who thinks it's funny to find new ways to hurt you!

Who are the slumlords in the Black community? The so-called Jews. … Who is it sucking our blood in the Black community? A white imposter Arab and a white imposter Jew.

Listening is crucial for any novelist. Stories & ideas abound. We too often talk about ourselves & block out the richness others may offer.

He was like some wild, untamed creature that you could keep and feed for a time, but in the end you knew you'd have to let it go for its own sake as well as yours.

I don't think of myself as an American; I see myself as a human being.