The presence of others who see what we see and hear what we hear assures us of the reality of the world and ourselves.

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men and women stand as a vanguard against abuse.

Politically, the weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter.

One of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian elites of the twenties and thirties was to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive.

There is a strange interdependence between thoughtlessness and evil.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

Only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.

I think that saving a little child And bringing him to his own Is a derned sight better business Than loafing around the throne.

Smile, it's free therapy.

My job in my work is not to acquire power; it's to question power.

I find that most people [in social media] just want me to say "happy birthday" to their mom or wish them good luck with their exams.

Remember your six P's - Perfect Practice Prevents Piss Poor Performance.

When you have to work with and exist amongst cynical, burned-out personnel on a set, it doesn't matter what you're shooting or how much you're being paid - it's not worth it.

If an idea cannot move on its own, pushing it doesn't help; best to let it lie there.

I think in general there's no point in going into a field like English literature if you're not going to have fun with it.

I'm not good at compromise.

As with any true artist, change is the only constant.