Williams was complex and tortured. He was not a saint but had his saintly side, which came and went, radiant and sincere as long as it lasted.

Lewis had developed a trademark style, slow enough for note taking, loud enough to rouse the dullest listener, straightforward, abundantly furnished with quotations, and lavish in wit.

A letter Lewis wrote reveals an 18-year-old with the energy of a schoolboy and the tastes of an octogenarian.

In the infancy of society every author is necessarily a poet, because language itself is poetry. – Owen Barfield

Words are catch-basins of experience, fingerprints and footprints of the past that the literary detective may scrutinize in order to sleuth out the history of human consciousness.

Imagination pointed toward truth but could not disclose it directly.

We must picture Oxford, during World War I, not as the neomedieval paradise it would like to be, but as the military compound it was obliged to become.

The arts are the best Time Machine we have." C. S. Lewis

Now he must put into practice all his fine poetic thoughts about romantic love.

Passion does not translate easily into good income.

As is the case with many adolescents, Lewis's increased command over over the things of the world brought with it a corresponding atrophy of the moral sense.

Your heart will always go where your mind wanders.

But I still have to practice hard if I'm going to play my best tennis.

Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.

The reality in which a camera turns up is always posed, e.g., the moon landing.

I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.

Love is like the measles; the older you are when it hits you, the harder it takes. Cheer up, you won't die of it.

I've never really spent a lot of time thinking about my individual accomplishments actually.

It's a cliche that filmmaking is a team sport. However, let me say just say it again: filmmaking is a team sport.

Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory, for it means conquering an enemy that is already defeated.