The curfew tolls the knell of parting day The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea The ploughman homeward plods his weary way And leaves the world to darkness and to me.

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.

I shall be but a shrimp of an author.

Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.

Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.

If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.

Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart.

Visions of glory, spare my aching sight! Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul!

Men will believe anything at all provided they are under no obligation to believe it.

To each his suff'rings: all are men, / Condemn'd alike to groan, / The tender for another's pain; / Th' unfeeling for his own.

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.

It's not easy to be Light when you've been Dark. It's almost too much to ask anyone.-Macon Ravenwood

Critics are those righteous experts who judge other people's hard earned accomplishmens as they themselves stand on the sidelines of life.

If you can do what you do best and be happy, you're further along in life than most people.

I'm a firm believer in if you work hard you should play hard. So I try to keep my life as balanced as possible to keep my sanity.

Good acting comes from finding the essence of a character.

I'm sure a bunch of 15-year-old kids would way rather I do 'Superbad 2 than 'Moneyball.' But I would love to do movies like 'Superbad' and movies like 'Moneyball.'

The payoffs in showbiz seemed as random as a slot machine.

I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could!

I love flat shoes, more so than heels. One of my obsessions is men's co-respondent lace-ups.

You have learned what you have learned very well. It has helped you survive.