War is strange. In the beginning it is about people

But my heart is an old house(the kind my mothergrew up in)hell to heat and cooland faulty in the wiringand though it’s nice to look atI have no businessinviting lovers in.

A flame that flickered, And a soul that whimpered, A candle that blazed, And a fragrance that raised. The flames were fed the same, But one remained diminished, While the other touched vintage!

Giving someone a piece of your soul is better than giving a piece of your heart. Because souls are eternal.

I'm here and I'm ready. They're not. Bring it.

Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness. [Fr., Fortune aveugle suit aveugle hardiesse.]

I think that, from Vaclav Havel own experience, he knew if we all paid attention to what was going on, the chances were that even the most horrible dictators wouldn't execute people.

Now there's the Niida we all know and loathe.

As a film director I like to have the actors create their own close-ups. It's an older style of filmmaking.

In matters of sentiment, the public has very crude ideas; and the most shocking fault of women is that they make the public the supreme judge of their lives.

I try not to tune in to politics until it's two or three months before the election. Till then, it's like watching preseason football.