You told me you had destroyed it.""I was wrong. It has destroyed me.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

If we danced and shared music, we'd be too busy en-joy-in' life to start a war.

There is a young abused girl whose recovery is dependent on your willingness to honour your calling as a pastor, social worker, psychologist, etc.

conservative n.A person who possesses an underdeveloped taste for tyranny.liberal n.A person who believes in liberty, but only for the state.

Good leaders teach you how to swim to the shore

No one questions the validity, the urgency, the essentiality of the Voting Rights Act.

In 'real life' everything is diluted; in the novel everything is condensed.

Position yourself to succeed first by building good relationships with the right people; and then put your effort and expertise behind that!

I did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. I visited my wife's grave. Then I joined the army.

She's stark raving mad!

The Coen Brothers, Peter Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro have really made something of themselves and impacted people. I'd love to work with them sometime, too.