I usually plan to read a book for a half-hour before bed, but then I end up staying awake until 3 A.M. to finish it. Fortunately, my dog doesn't mind when I keep the bedside lamp on.

This is the way the world ends; not with a bang or a whimper, but with zombies breaking down the back door.

Mark my words, Princess,” Loki said. “One day, you’ll be madly in love with me.

I don't need love or a man to complete me,and someday, you'll find that true for yourself. Suitors will come and go, but you will remain.

I don't want only one night. I want all the nights. I want all of you, forever.

Sometimes it seems to me that that’s all my life has been, a series of things that I loved deeply that I could never have.

Being liked for the way you looked is worse than not being liked at all.

When something is important to you, you make sure its safe.

My only experience with dances was what I had seen on TV, but it really wasn’t that far off. The theme appeared to be “Crepe Paper in the Gymnasium,” and they had mastered it perfectly.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that you can't live somebody else's life for them. They have to make their own choices, and sometimes all we can do is learn to live with them.

Everything I went through," he said. "For you. It was worth it.

Death would not surprise us as often as it does, if we let go of the misbelief that newborns are less mortal than the elderly.

Walk with me, memory to memory, the shared path, the mutual view. Walk with me. The past lies in wait. It is not behind. It seems to be in front. How else could it trip me as as I start to run?

It's the challenge of trying to evoke any kind of sympathy for a role that ordinarily we would say, "Oh, this is a bad guy" and dismiss him.

I told the students [at Yale] we were going to talk about love - I meant love in the sense of devotions to one's work - and about half the students got really pissed off.

Genuine love is volitional rather than emotional.

Teresa, Teresa. Have we taught you nothing?" Raffy says in an irritated voice. "It's war. You go in and you hunt him down until he realises that he's made a mistake.

For an athlete, the biggest pressure comes from within. You know what you want to do and what you're capable of.

Life turned out much better than I thought. I knew after a little while that I could act.

It is one of those things that is universally connectable, people can connect to it from everywhere; music is like that universal language.

Buried my wife the other day. Had to, she died.