Villains often more the story along while the heros react to the villains, so the villain becomes the engine of the story.

The strong survive, but the courageous triumph.

A boy and a girl, dressed in the T-shirts and denim that are the shabby uniform of this age.

They ex­pect­ed to lose. And there­fore, they lost. [..] Peo­ple who start think­ing deep dark thoughts in the mid­dle of a war start ex­pect­ing to lose.

Master the rules of the game until you can play it better they can.

Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them.

A warrior with a cause is the most dangerous soldier of all

You might argue that the history of contemporary art is a series of avant-garde movements, each new wave outraging the last.

The problem with contemporary art is that no one bothers to do the research necessary to give people what they want.

At the heart of every legend there is a grain of truth.

He who retreats lives longer.

If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.

The world is dark, and light is precious.Come closer, dear reader.You must trust me.I am telling you a story.

An empowered person will recognize that they have agreed to the reality presented.

Words are all we have.

Fighting is an expression. It's a form of speech, and that's why they call it martial arts. It's an art.

Even in social life, it is persistency which attracts confidence, more than talents and accomplishments.

I'm opening a store at the end of the month in the New York meatpacking district. I'm launching a line of bedding this summer, and I am writing a book that will be out next January.

It is one thing to persuade, another to command; one thing to press with arguments, another with penalties.

If I could have the discipline to be super-skinny, I would be.

Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction.