The living have no place at the feasts of the dead.

I crossed a thousand leagues to come to you, and lost the best part of me along the way. Don't tell me to leave.

All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are more amusing than ones with crowns.

There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.

We're all just songs in the end. If we are lucky.

Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next.

Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves?

Noseless and Handless, the Lannister Boys.

Half-truths are worth more than outright lies.

She is not truly beautiful but something about her draws the eye.

Remember Old Nan's stories, Bran. Remember the way she told them, the sound of her voice. So long as you do that, part of her will always be alive in you.

Your kindness, beauty, and simplicity remind me the stories about angels, and I was told they are just legends and myths.

Accepting the nonexistence of being, when the absence of existence means the negation of being.

All myths have a basis in fact

Be content with your wages.

When you write, you put your thoughts in the public space. You get both positive and negative feedback.

For me, 'Rent' was all about coming out of myself, finding out who I was, learning the power I could have as a performer. And 'Wicked' was about harnessing all that strength.

And, coaching has never been an option for me.

Sometimes acting is really cool because it forces you to exercise certain muscles in your personality that you wouldn't normally be called upon in life.

Don't ask why the patient is the way he is, ask for what he would change.

You know, when you have a father who's pretty well known but you don't see him, the last thing you want to do is start talking about him all the time to people.