How soft indeed the song of butterflies eating.

Time has always been the greatest ally to Truth, because Time eventually relieves and reveals all.

Good novels are not written by orthodoxy-sniffers, nor by people who are conscience-stricken about their own orthodoxy. Good novels are written by people who are not frightened.

I don't want my life to be defined by what is etched on a tombstone. I want it to be defined by what is etched in the lives and hearts of those I've touched.

He [Martin Luther King Jr.] always used to say you have no choice about being born or dying. The only thing you have a choice about is what you die for.

Any actor, any playwright who's worked a life in the theater knows how to do things cheaply and quickly. It's just all by necessity. Invention is everything.

Ever noticed that no matter what happens in one day, it exactly fits in the newspaper?

The hacker mindset doesn't actually see what happens on the other side, to the victim.

I've always been very skeptical about marriage, because I only want to do it once; I want to do it the right way.

The most indespensible ingredient of all good home cooking: love for those you are cooking for.

I think about people and events in terms of archetypes a lot.