The war had remade her. Reshaped her purpose. Why couldn’t she unmake it again?

This sell something familiar, make it surprising. To sell something surprising, make it familiar.

Art takes nature as its model.

The will to label will always prevail over what's being labeled, usually at the expense of either truth or understanding

What we're going to see is the emergence of the lone wolf rather than the planning of large numbers of people to carry out large attacks...Explosives are getting more sophisticated.

You had to live - did live, from habit that became instinct - in the assumption that evey sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every moment scrutinized.

When the fun goes out of getting dressed, you might as well be dead.

Bernstein grew up in my building in New York. He's a very, very fine player. When he was a kid, he came by to find out what was going on in the world of jazz.

My thing is to gain the respect as an actor, as a professional, and the friendship and everything else will happen from there.

I know some really great actors who are pretty judgmental people, pretty critical people. But they're great actors. When they're acting, that's the craft.

The gloomy and the resentful are always found among those who have nothing to do or who do nothing.