I have been too young to know, and I have been too old to care. It’s in that oh so narrow slice between that memories are made.

That's my secret and my shame. I'm Nona Grey, war is in my veins, and the screams of my enemies are music to me.

Every star, turning in the black depth of heaven, burns for no better reason than that humanity raised its face to look. Every great deed needs to be witnessed. Go out there and do something great.

Truth is a weapon and lies are a necessary shield.

A book is as dangerous as any journey you might take. The person who closes the back cover may not be the same one that opened the front one. Treat them with respect.

The enemy of my enemy may be my friend … of course the friend of my friend is often a jerk.

Let us all practice the power of love to win the peace.

But the more I think about it, the more I think PC words are a crock of shit. If I want to describe something using a stupid word, I should.

The simplest way to learn business is to study your competition and improve what they are offering.

Her smile, I'm sure, burnt Rome to the ground.

Many fear mistakes. In TV and films you just re-shoot the scene. In life do the same and just shoot a re-take.

Novels are usually built on conflict, sometimes very, very difficult conflict. It's why men write war novels - because there you go, there's the conflict writ large.

Everyone needs a mentor.

Far from wishing to awaken the artist in the pupil prematurely, the teacher considers it his first task to make him a skilled artisan with sovereign control of his craft.

I've been through some dark times but I've experienced joy too. Now that joy can't be suppressed.

It's what I learn from the great actors that I work with. Stillness. That's all and that's the hardest thing.