I don't know how well I can fight, or run, or judge, but when the blade comes, I swear on whatever they want me to swear on, I'll stop it, with my body if nothing else.

She turned back to the rest of us. "They've taken it all, " she said. "They've taken every last good thing in the world."Then she swung the door wide. "Now go and show them your answer.

When you're fighting a crowd, it's good to shout potentially threatening things like "Crossbows!" or "Fire!" or "Giant Flying Cat!" every once in a while.

Gods, man, don't you start now, ' I said softly. 'We're going to get a terrible reputation if we just keep travelling across the countryside crying all the time.

At a certain age almost all the questions a person asks him or herself are really just about one thing: how should you live your life?

If one maintains the intent of, ‘no one should have the slightest difficulty on my account’, then his work will be considered to be done.

I am a poet, bard, scop, minnesinger, trobairitz who is driven by sound and the possibilities for vocal expression, the mouthing of text as well as intentionality or dance on the page.

We see not our own backs.

You remember with what you are at the time you are remembering.

I still have a hard time just calling myself a musician. If I'm talking to somebody and they ask me what I do, I say I play music.

Same thing with harmonies. If you hear something that harmonically is interesting, express it. So that's what I'm saying about talking the music rather than just playing through.

I think most actors rarely get the opportunity to play something really close to you and speaks to something you deeply believe.

British chancellor is telling the rest of Europe it must abandon democracy. It's appalling.

None of us is born thinking we are ordinary. Feeling special is an essential part of the human birthright. If you don't think you are special, you won't seek to contribute your gift to the world.