It's the ones who can't let go - of fear or anger, lust or greed, vanity or pride or power - who are most at risk of becoming corrupted.

War was so simple, wasn't it? Much simpler than justice.

Are these soldiers really our enemy, or only the worst reflection of our own selves?... We made them. We have to unmake them, not just defeat or kill them.

The least among the sadhus, saints and monks and other people of God is worthier than you. Never speak ill of them

Word count doesn't tell me when a story ends, my characters will tell me.

I played the mom in Spy Kids when I was, like, 27. So it was ridiculous. But [Robert Rodriguez] was like, "You know what? If we do our job right, no one will question it." And nobody did.

A man should practice what he preaches, but a man should also preach what he practices.

If you know nothing, be pleased to know nothing.

The present author confesses that, to him, geometry is nothing at all, if not a branch of art ... A Treatise on Algebraic Plane Curves

I'm always inspired by actresses who are older than me. Because I know that person has lived so much more life than I have. There's a whole other toolbox.

I know I haven't much sense or sobriety, but I've got what is ever so much better — the knack of making people like me.

In the early days of the software industry, people cared about copyright and didn't give a damn about patents - they copied each other willy-nilly.

There is less leisure now than in the Middle Ages, when one third of the year consisted of holidays and festivals.