Fear was the worst evil ever to plague a man, for with it came hesitation and with that, inaction, failure, death.

Fill what’s empty, empty what’s full, and scratch where it itches, your Grace. That’s my motto.

Learn how to control your emotions and don't let them control you.

It is so sad that too many individuals spend their entire lives trying to impress people who are mostly clueless about their true purpose on earth.

The idea is not to live forever, it is to create something that will

He said there are thousands of Shadowhunters, but great love comes once in a lifetime if one is lucky, and one would be a fool to let it go.

While men compete in war, there will be warriors. While there are warriors, there will be princes among warriors. Among the princes will be kings, and among the kings an emperor.

All that is not useful in a picture is detrimental. A work of art must be harmonious in its entirety; for superfluous details would, in the mind of the beholder, encroach upon the essential elements.

Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter is quite opposite.

I think there's a far more general audience now because I've done more populist stuff on telly.

To talk of atomic energy in terms of atomic bombs is like talking of electricity in terms of the electric chair.

Descartes said, "I think, therefore I am." I say, "I do not think, that is why I exist."