... people miss a great deal by being sensible.

I know enough to know that no woman should ever marry a man who hated his mother.

Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.

Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of neglect in the concentration camps.

After a lifetime of war-watching, I see war as an endemic human disease, and governments are the carriers.

Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival.

I do not see myself as a footnote to someone else's life.

Public opinion, though slow as lava, in the end forces governments towards more sanity, more justice. My heroes and heroines are all private citizens.

All politicians are bores and liars and fakes. I talk to people.

In November you begin to know how long the winter will be.

Freedom' is the most expensive possession there is; it has to be paid for with loneliness.

All crosses had their tops cut and became T's. There was also a thing called God.

The night before, I'd gone overboard with my Lila poems, and maybe it's true that I was hoping that in them he'd see the genius of me, the beauty of my words in his hands.

Science has brought forth this danger, but the real problem is in the minds and hearts of men.

Noble characters and pure affections and happy scenes are very comforting things. They're a refuge from life's disillusionments.

I'm not wasting my time with any more non-straight-talking candidates.

Figure out what works for you and what doesn't.

We call my son's role in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy Sean's little independent movie.

No crime has been without a precedent.

My feet have been my best friend for the last 40 years. I've just been a dancing fool on stage, and after awhile you just kind of wear them out.