Neeta showed us there can be as much virtue in the things we do not do as on those we do.

We are now left to choose between danger and regret, neither of which can restore the lives we have lost.

You can tease it's mane all you like, but you can't turn a house cat into a lion.

Courage has no age.

It is madness. But sometimes, madness is the only path forward.

You are too kind, and I am unused to it. For your own sake, do not stroke my misery. It knows not how to respond, but with a vicious bite.

Paris shook his head."Do you think I would teach just anyone to fight me to the death? I want you to be my wife. My one and only wife.

But are you not fond of me?" Paris looked up, his eyes full of reproach."Fond of you? Myrina you are my queen. I want you more than I want life itself.

Fear not! I would rather tear the heart from your bosom than take your bow, for I believe you would miss it less.

Yes you may come." Paris held up a hand to delay Myrina's raptures. "But this time you will not be wearing my crown. You will be my slave, and believe me I shall enjoy ordering you around.

Kindness is all we have to give others

You realize that you habitually thought of Mom when something in your life was not going well, because when you thought of her it was as though something got back on track, and you felt re-energized.

Immediate gratification is a dream killer.

There's no such thing as altruism.

I've reached a point in life where it's no longer necessary to try to impress. If they like me the way I am, that's good. If they don't, that's too bad.

Every artistic form has its golden age, and unfortunately I think the golden age for whatever I do probably ended about 1990.

In the 1960s, I would have considered China with its CPC an ideologically more dynamic country than the Soviet Union. But the Soviet Union was strategically more threatening.

The great unknown in this country is where this leaves the Republican Party after this election. Will it be the party of the Kochs or will it be the party of [Donald] Trump?

Since I've had children I don't really like horror movies.

I think my parents' lives are worthy of writing about. I don't think my life is particularly worthy of writing about.