The first requirement of a sound body of law is, that it should correspond with the actual feelings and demands of the community, whether right or wrong.

To those who do not see, we are the enigma of society

Time is a watchful adversary, who waits enduringly for that merciless hour, hurrying to work the hands of separation.

That was my one big Hollywood hit, but, in a way, it hurt my picture career. After that, I was typecast as a lion, and there just weren't many parts for lions.

We Russians are already living, not getting ready to live.

It is not quite true to say that I am not an advocate of writing in African languages. What I think is, one has to think about what is practicable.

Novelists want to flood, poets want to distill.

There's good and evil going on. We have cops. We have robbers.

Movie studios aren't making too many dramas anymore; they're in the superhero business. Material for television is much, much stronger for actors now.

Eat slowly, with other people whenever possible, and always with pleasure.

I can generate attention quickly.