Yes, terrible things happen, but sometimes those terrible things- they save you.

This would be...a book that would be a trapdoor down into some place dark. A place only you could go, alone, when you opened the cover. Because only books have that power.

Our purest form of joy comes when people we envy get hurt. That most genuine form of joy.

We have pain and hate and love and joy and war in the world because we want them.

Some stories, you use up. Others use you up.

As human beings, our first commandment is:Something needs to happen

The pursuit of your vision determines your focus

We all want to hear the truth, but we also a Speak that Always?

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

If only I had the influence with my wife and children that I have in some other quarters!

I've been curious ever since I was a little kid.

Happiness lies in moments, and while you have it you're not even aware, only afterwards do you know you were happy.

Life is not about winning the race. Life is about finishing the race.

A lot of people remember me from Star Trek. They've all forgotten all the other things I've done. I was so identified with the role.

Sometimes I ask myself whether [Indira Gandhi] had, even then, a certain contempt for the system she represented and, years later, would overthrow.

Comic books and The Chronicles of Narnia. My mother used to read those to me and my twin brother growing up.