To fulfil the dreams of one's youth; that is the best that can happen to a man. No worldly success can take the place of that.

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.

Success is never so interesting as struggle

Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.

The sky was a midnight-blue, like warm, deep, blue water, and the moon seemed to lie on it like a water-lily, floating forward with an invisible current.

The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor.

It takes a great deal of experience to become natural.

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

Elsewhere the sky is the roof of the world; but here the earth was the floor of the sky.

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

The end is nothing; the road is all.

If all the people who were called "crazy" started acting "normal", we'd probably still be living in caves.

Life there was hard and it made people hard.

I held my breath and wished for that moment to last as long as it possibly could, because a waking dream is always more fleeting than a sleeping one.

I took a break from horror I made three ghost movies back-to-back-to-back.

Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self.

I'm a married man and I've got two children, and you have to do sacrifices.

I'm on probation, so I can't even pick my nose the right way.

Even if I'm not so into the specific celebrities who are sharing images of themselves looking "bad," I think it's an amazing contribution to the conversations about beauty that we have online.

Those that vow the most are the least sincere.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.