Tranquility, allied to loneliness, possessed no charms.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?

The beginning is always today.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!

You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!

I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created.

There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand.

Solitude was my only consolation - deep, dark, deathlike solitude.

My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.

Even if you don't have all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want (Bob Dylan's dad)

I always am in a role, lovely – for you, for them – even for myself. Yeah... Even when I’m alone, I am still in a role – and I myself am the most exacting audience I have ever had.

If you have the right to influence the laws that are made in your community, why not take the opportunity to do something good?

I love you enough to tell you the truth whether you want to hear it or not, but what you do afterward is your choice alone.

The only place where we're going to be completely relieved of pain is in Heaven.

Because there's nothing wrong with you... that can't be fixed.

I think most actors rarely get the opportunity to play something really close to you and speaks to something you deeply believe.

Do we indulge our heart, or cater to our fear?

I think that sometimes the most intelligent things that prosecutors do is when they exercise their discretion not to go forward with a case.