Conscience is like a pet: If you spoil it by too much attention it'll start yipping at the most inopportune times.

Give me a strong back, over a soft heart.

And enigmatic smile is worth ten pages of dialog.

No one ever fell in love gracefully.

You can figure out what the villain fears by his choice of weapons.

Find out what people want to do, then tell them to do it. They'll think you're a genius.

The lower your decolletage, the less the need for conversation.

There are moments on stage when everything comes together. Then the kid in the front row coughs.

If you forget your lines, you had better mumble with conviction.

Love shouldn't be comfortable.

Be sure that head and heart were laidIn wisdom down, content to die.Be sure he faced the Starless SkyUnduped, unmurmuring, unafraid.(“The Passing of Bierce”)

If you feel guilty about not "playing nice," then you could easily alleviate your guilt by playing nice.

The less [government] the better.

Above all things expand the frontiers of science: without this the rest counts for nothing.

I doubt anybody gets taken seriously for very long. I'll be on some reality show in about six years going, Hey, I had a great year in 2006.

I was bored at school and bored in a lot of the kitchens. It seemed like all I was doing was putting things into saute pans.

That's what vampires do, Kitten. We always come for what's ours, no matter the circumstances." Bones said.

I personally adore origin stories - they're so intriguing, learning what shaped and formed a character.

From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world.

I detest self-regard. If my work has taught me anything, it is that self-aggrandisement is completely unhistorical.