History - that little sewer where man loves to wallow.

Another way of approaching the thing is to consider it unnamed, unnameable.

For at the heart of the uniform, reasoning is shaky and elusive: a mind in search of ideas should first stock up on appearances.

When it has finished saying it, it no longer is. The longer it is in saying it, the more it can say it at length, the more slowly it melts, the better quality it is.

I'm a bad man. I need to understand the past. It illuminates the present.

...he considered respect for one's given word as a wealth that should not be squandered.

I believe this choice is ethical, and what makes it ethical is it is a choice.

Home is the place where, when you go there, they have to take you in. In other words: Home has exceedingly low standards.

A man cannot learn to be wise any more than he can learn to be handsome.

A room is not a room without natural light.

Every one of my books had killed me a little more.

As an actor, we spend so much putting the mask on and trying to be someone you're not.

Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.

Train children to bear responsibility as you would train them to build muscle. Add what they can handle, then prepare them for more.