...it has always been my temperament to prefer a tiny amount of the excellent to a plenitude of the mediocre...

God made man stronger but not necessarily more intelligent. He gave women intuition and femininity. And, used properly, that combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I’ve ever met.

Courage is found in unlikely places.

Love is implicit in every connection. It should be. Thus when absent it makes us insane. (You Shall Know Our Velocity)

The adventurous state of mind is a high house... The joy of adventure is unaccountable. This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.

Material existence is entirely founded on a phantom realm of mind, whose nature and geography are unexplored.

Being a Christian doesn't mean I don't get stressed or upset when training doesn't go well. But even if I have those reactions, I think, 'I should pray about this.'

I couldn't bear it if anyone knew I had hardly any self-confidence at all.

I have always been clear that cinema is not my priority and that my family is.

Better to be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of all misfortune.

To the old our mouths are always partly closed; we must swallow our obvious retorts and listen. They sit above our heads, on life's raised dais, and appeal at once to our respect and pity.