The bashful are always aggressive at heart.

There is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular point.

A strange and somewhat impassive physiognomy is often, perhaps, an advantage to an orator, or leader of any sort, because it helps to fix the eye and fascinate the mind.

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.

Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God.

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.

The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society.

As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it.

To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.

Form the habit of making decisions when your spirit is fresh...to let dark moods lead is like choosing cowards to command armies.

Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom.

If you can't love yourself the world will only hate you.

If you are expecting something in return for your love, you are not loving truly.

My Greatest Failures has been My Greatest Success~

The innocent are guilty, the guilty are beyond hope, everything’s on its head, it’s a Twelfth Night of late-capitalist contradiction…

Farewell, dearest friend, never to see one another any more till at the right hand of Christ.

Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.

Rock and rollers can get you the youth buzz, and younger people are fanatical readers.

What's exciting about using our mind is that we can short circuit all the excuses thrown up by our fears.

I've always been interested in our flaws as human beings, just as much as the virtues.

It is so expensive to take care of my hair and keep it looking like I was born with it, when my real hair is the color of rat fur.