We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

I learn life from the poets.

It is not enough to hope for something to happen and throw it into the universe. You, too, must also work to make it happen.

Sadly, we live in a world where if you do good things, there are no financial rewards. If you poison the earth, there is a fortune to be made.

Life's true value and meaning can only be known if we speak for the truth, not for our advocacy, but for the truth itself.

Periods are a period when nature forces prostitutes to go on leave.

Indie publishing lets me feed my inner control freak.

Despair is vinegar from the wine of hope.

Happiness, however, is not the result of any one single cause. It is the result of many ideal states of being grouped together into one harmonious whole.

I never considered myself a lucky person. I'm the most extraordinary pessimist. I truly am.

I see an incredible abuse of close-ups in many films these days. Why is that?

I did not grow up in the church. I'm not a church-goer now. I'm a very spiritual person.