There's no such thing as an evil race, just evil circumstances that make people do evil things.

You are about to enter the realms of human beings. Be prepared for cruelty and kindness, for friendship and hatred. People are made of all possibilities and conditions.

To a happy war!' laughter echoed with all the insane glee of an army of psychopaths.

But leave us some magic in the world. Leave us some mystery to enjoy.

Madness was only a handicap only if you couldn't control its irrationalities.

A conflagration always made such a nice backdrop to a battle. Fire made everything so much more joyously apocalyptic.

If you reach for the stars, you just might land on a decently sized hill.

One of the most important lessons she'd recently learned was that looking strong and confident was sometimes all the people required of you.

Thanks, Dad," she whispered in his ear. Then recovering her composure, she knelt before him and said, "I give thanks, my Father. May your decision be proved right and true.

I like what I like and not what I'm supposed to like because of mass rating. And I very much dislike the things I don't like.

When you work in a different language you are not so attached to the words.

We can't search or attain well being, wealth, studying, justice or kindness usually. Action is all the time particular, concrete, individualized, distinctive.

Take a good rest, small bird," he said. "Then go in and take your chance like any man or bird or fish.

the chief thing I learnt at school was how to tell lies.

History is on every occasion the record of that which one age finds worthy of note in another.

It'd be nice to please everyone but I thought it would be more interesting to have a point of view.

The minute you have more than one voice, you have more possibilities opening up. You have all the molecules in all of those bodies and their make up interacting.

Comedians are sociologists. We're pointing out stuff that the general public doesn't even stop to think about, looking at life in slow-motion and questioning everything we see.

I'm really interested in the idea of long, long life and transformation and immortality.