If you're dealing with a pack of werewolves I'll jump in without hesitation, but I was not getting in the middle of a pack of crazed shoppers on Black Friday

Calmness is the cradle of power.

The loved one suffers. All loved ones suffer. Love is not enough to prevent this. Love is not enough. Love is enough. The thing that you wished for. Was this it?Here endeth the lesson.

No studio in Hollywood wanted 'Cold Mountain.' None. No one wanted 'Ripley,' no one wanted 'The English Patient.' That tells you there isn't really an appetite for ambitious movie-making out there.

The fashion industry certainly has its obscene sides. The cost of a coat can be obscene. So can the cost of a photo shoot if you're working with a really good photographer.

The noir universe hates do-gooders so it tries to pound them and punish them.

Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.

Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.

To reflect on the essence of the Creator ... is forbidden to the human intellect because of the severance of all relation between the two existences.

The . . . inescapable truth is: government does not have all the answers. In too many instances, government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.