You insisted on thinking of them as angels, even if they were fallen angels.

Twere better far That gods should quaff their nectar merrily, And men sing out the day like grasshoppers, So may they haply lull the watchful thunder.

It's better to write about things you feel than about things you know about.

Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are.

To force a female to do things in male fashion is not equal opportunity, it is distorted idealism.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

Oh, where is man That mortal god, that hath no mortal kin Or like on earth? Shall Nature's orator The interpreter of all her mystic strains Shall he be mute in Nature's jubilee?

With all your music, loud and lustily, With every dainty joy of sight and smell, Prepare a banquet meet to entertain The Lord of Thunder, that hath set you free From old oppression.

If we take care of the inches, we will not have to worry about the miles.

It is never difficult to see images – when the principle of the image is embedded in the soul.

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing Should certain persons die before they sing.

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.

Tut, tut — fame clearly isn't everything.

I want to do television, film, music and designing. I want to do it all!

I want to change a lot.

I feel strongly that the Supreme Court needs to stand on the side of the American people, not on the side of the powerful corporations and the wealthy.

Love of country is nowhere the same as love of government.

I slowly surrender to the child in me who can't say goodbye.

I furnished the body that was needed to sit in the defendant's chair.[Explaining his role in the Scopes Monkey Trial.]

My playing is fairly straightforward, really, and everything's pretty much standard no frills or special effects.

We also have a dog. His name's Beast. He's a sheepdog. He's super cute. I love him.