The law is not abstract, impartially arbitrating between conflicting social classes; it is a tool in the hands of those who govern.

No one ever understood disaster until it came.

my soul has shadows – nooks and crannies where griefs, like cobwebs, collect

The soles of his shoes are worn the way the edges of erasers become rounded with use. As though he walks around correcting his mistakes.

When I want to find the vanguard of the people I look to the uneasy dreams of an aristocracy and find what they dread most.

Until now, he has never told the full story of his life, in his own voice.

Listening to Benny [Goodman] talk about the clarinet was like listening to a surgeon get hung up on a scalpel.

If you want a neat wife, choose her on a Saturday.

I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours of arrival.

A half-hour walk is the most beneficial thing you can do for your ailments.

I have always found photography magical, and became more taken with it whilst modeling.

The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world.