Some of the smartest men have a hard time comprehending the obvious.

Gratitude takes less energy than anger.

Things don't ever stay the same. Natural beginnings come to natural or unnatural ends.

There isn't a simple person anywhere in this world.

If her enemies were Brigan's friends and her friends were Brigan's enemies, then the two of them could walk through the world arm in arm and never be hit by arrows again.

There will be no yelling at people who are bleeding themselves to unconsciousness.

You're the queen, and it's the queen's house, and whatever Brigan may accomplish, he's highly unlikely ever to be queen.

And of course she understood now why her body wanted to run whenever he appeared. It was a correct instinct, for there was nothing to be got from this but sadness.

He thinks we're made of money.

Do you understand? I don't want you to do a thing if you don't understand it.

When Brocker arrived he took her hands and held them to his face and cried into them.

Is that romantic fantasy real? Um, after kids, no. Take the kids away, I don't know. Depends.

Not he that adorns but he that adores makes a divinity.

It is not the writer's task to answer questions but to question answers. To be impertinent, insolent, and, if necessary, subversive.

You keep learning how to let go and to live the life that you actually have, as opposed to the life you thought you were going to have.

The first step toward liberation of any group is to use the power in hand... And the power in hand is the vote.

I used to get nervous about three weeks before a gig... now I've managed to condense it down to a manageable ten minutes.

So shall the world go on, To good malignant, to bad men benign, Under her own weight groaning.

I've got to see my movie to see how I'm acting, see what little things I can learn about my craft.

In an honest man there is always something of a child.

It worried me when Britney snogged Madonna. It looked a bit fake. It screamed 'We're in this for the money'.