He had withdrawn solely for his own personal pleasure, only to be near to himself. No longer distracted by anything external, he basked in his own existence and found it splendid.

...talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything.

He succeeded in being considered totally uninteresting. People left him alone. And that was all he wanted.

People left him alone. And that was all he wanted.

When they finally did dare it, at first with stolen glances and then candid ones, they had to smile. They were uncommonly proud. For the first time they had done something out of Love.

He had escaped the abhorrent taint! He was truly completely alone! He was the only human being in the world!

He lay in his stony crypt like his own corpse, hardly breathing, his heart hardly beating - and yet lived as intensively and dissolutely as ever a rake had lived in the wide world outside.

And he wallowed in disgust and loathing, and his hair stood on end at the delicious horror.

Lately, Mami’s eyes have been so dark, I don’t like looking into them because I’m afraid I’ll fall in.

In person, my father is so friendly, so considerate, so funny, and so real. I have admired my father all of my life, and I love him with all my heart.

Not everyone can be an orphan.

-ev'n with us the breath Of Science dims the mirror of our joy.

All natural disasters are comforting because they reaffirm our impotence, in which, otherwise, we might stop believing. At times it is strangely sedative to know the extent of your own powerlessness.

As an actor, if you want to while shooting, you can run back to your trailer and take a nap. But you cannot do that while directing.

I can see a movie and believe the story and characterization and stay proud of it. It doesn't change. Even if it's unappreciated, that doesn't mean it can't be appreciated in the future.

One is more desirable when loved, not feared.

I live and die with the Chicago Cubs

The FA have given me a pat on the back. I've taken violence off the terracing and onto the pitch.