To admire nothing, (as most are wont to do;) Is the only method that I know, To make men happy, and to keep them so.

He that commits a sin shall find the pressing guilt lie heavy on his mind.

They that do much themselves deny, Receive more blessings from the sky.

For he that but conceives a crime in thought, Contracts the danger of an actual fault.

What studies please, what most delight, And fill men's thoughts, they dream them o'er at night.

But that slip of paper wouldn't disappear, ever, and neither would the image of his prostrate wife, and neither would the thought that if he could, it might greatly improve his life to end it.

If you remain dependent on your parents all your life, do not carry a wrong pretence that you are even born.

I realized that no, no one would actually come to save or even stop me, I had absolutely no choice. The scale tipped: the moment not doing it became more difficult and unbearable than just doing it.

How much shall I be changed before I am changed!

All human beings have an innate need to hear and tell stories and to have a story to live by. religion, whatever else it has done, has provided one of the main ways of meeting this abiding need.

By moving to London I removed myself from the madness of the entertainment industry. I love the city and the culture, and it was an opportunity to bring my children up in a more sane environment.

One does not play the piano with one's fingers, one plays the piano with one's mind.

We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken us a lifetime to learn...for silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws people together...this is the great paradox.

In a way, a lot of my work is in the re-writing once it is cast, as I adapt to the rhythms of how the roles are played out by the actors.

You won't shoot nine under unless you birdie the first two or three holes. You just start firing at everything.