Okay, ' she said. And that was that. The shortest fight we'd ever had.

I knew I had a choice. Either let you die and have the world blanketed with evil, or save you and make one dark moment for my best friend while the world continues to grow with light.

Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.

We will never know what anyone is really like, until everyone has economic security and doesn't have to answer to anyone else.

-I'm trying to make myself invisible. -That's an odd thing to attempt.

Being a good writer may result in your being nicer to more people, having a bigger positive impact.

A good artist ought never to allow impatience to overcome his sense of the main end of art - perfection

When investing, I'm not against risk. If you take no risk you must expect a low return. Just don't let anyone fool you into thinking you can get a high return with low risk.

With classical singing you have to put out so much air - you project, you emit force.

As a teenager, I wanted to write novels. By college, it was theater, plays, and then, shortly, it was film.

Bush's America. I wish we had more time. I didn't even vote for him the second time, and I feel like I got to defend him.