No man had ever heard a nightingale, When once a keen-eyed naturalist was stirred To study and define -- what is a bird.

Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.

Kindle the taper like the steadfast star Ablaze on evening's forehead o'er the earth, And add each night a lustre till afar An eightfold splendor shine above thy hearth.

Until we are all free, we are none of us free.

Life's sharpest rapture is surcease of pain.

My own curiosity and interest are insatiable.

There is no comfort looking forth nor back, The present gives the lie to all her past.

I am never going to write for the sake of writing.

I seem to have always one little window looking but into life.

When angels visit earth, the messengers Of God's decree, they come as lightning, wind: Before the throne, they all are living fire.

Jews are the intensive form of any nationality whose language and customs they adopt.

Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer.

Time after time during the next six months, he would put me together again.

This is how the zombie apocalypse starts, " Cas said. "You don't screw with death, yo!

Later when they would mention, they would say, and everyone would know, but not nearly as well as they meant.

A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.

Never make a personnel judgment the first time it comes up.

There is a danger, if you cast someone who is 18, 19 or 20 to play 14 or 15, that very subtly, almost unconsciously, the audience is, "Oh, this isn't so bad."

No one cares about it more than you. Give it the attention it needs.

The translation process becomes a highly subjective thing - turning reds and blues into black-and-whiteness. It's really bizarre for me.