Love, from its very nature, must be transitory.

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.

Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?

The beginning is always today.

No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

Women do not want power over men, they want power over themselves.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!

You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!

The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be.

The will to love, the desire to help, and an open mind with gratitude can unlock the door to eternal happiness.

She was so stupid. Such a stupid, stupid girl.For ever thinking she could be admired, adored, or noticed. For every thinking she could be anything at all.

Abdication Isn’t Empowerment

I love stepping back in time

We have a racially based justice system that overpunishes, fails to rehabilitate, and doesn't make us safer.

Be thankful that God's answers are wiser than your answers.

Most actors hate watching their own films because all you can see is the glaring mistakes, your own tricks and ticks.

I could appear in this million-word book [Larry Kramer] are working on. Nobody would even notice me.

The journey that we go on as actors is an interesting one and sometimes a revealing one.