The true story of every person in this world is not the story you see, the external story. The true story of each person is the journey of his or her heart.

True vice, my lady, would frighten us all, if it did not wear the mask of virtue. (p.56)

Similarly you can make a transition from one set of instruments to another imperceptibly.

It is no bad thing to be a king-to see one's house enriched and one's authority enhanced.

For me, teaching helps to reaffirm the right principles and values of acting. It helps me focus on the good stuff that can be easy to lose sight of because the business is so result-oriented.

Campuses that were once havens of free speech are now patrolled and regulated by thought police. Intellectual dishonesty has become a job requirement for university administrators.

... but the pendulum has swung way out of whack here. A bad idea is still bad, and the pivot happy world we're in today feels suboptimal.

When you act on your impulses to play, when you are open to the possibilities in each moment, you replace your fears with self-understanding, self-esteem, and personal strength.

This is a speculating and selfish age; and to think 'money will answer all things,' is too much the characteristic of Americans.

Most folks call them green onions, but they're really scallions.

How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days of old.