War makes monsters of us all. But what happens to those of us who no longer wish to be monsters?

The monsters don't live in the belly of the world like they all say. The monsters live inside of us. We make the monsters.

There is nothing I fear more than someone without memory. A person without memory is free to do anything she likes.

I have spent my life battling monsters. It was only in realizing that I was the monster, and choosing to destroy her, that I could save the world.

The secret to leadership is not to be a particularly intelligent person. It is to surround oneself with those far smarter than oneself. And try not to kill them.

I'm not trying to be mean, ' Casamir says.'Intent doesn't always matter.

All I am, and all I love, is war. I don't know who I will be if I stop. The world, if it is to survive, needs a leader, not a warmonger. The world I want to make does not require me

How do you ever hold on to anybody?

Science. They were all the science experiments of a maniacal government bent on controlling the universe.

Modern materialists and religious extremists alike lack the spiritual animistic reverence for non-human beings that every culture once understood as a given.

Great directors can understand the staging in such a way that can make a scene come alive. Others have a certain way of pacing the scene.

We have to create perfection through love

I'm not one for walking the beaches humming a melody. I love the discipline of sitting in the studio, writing and listening. That is my domain.

The betrayal meant he couldn't trust her anymore, and his heart told him he couldn't forgive her.

Drive will take you much farther than talent ever could.

You can't be a successful Dictator and design women's underclothing.

The beauty about living in Atlanta is that there aren't too many paparazzi here; you can just relax. And that really works for me and my children.