When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.

We are not born into the world. We are born into something that we make into the world.

Assassination is an art, milord, and I am the city’s most accomplished artist - Durzo Blint

Never go to another woman about your woman. Not unless you want an insidious form of advice.

Knowledge may be power, but half of what I know I wish I could forget.

I'm not the protagonist of a novel or anything...I'm just a normal college student who likes to read...But...If I were to write a book with me as the main character...It would be......A tragedy.

Every poet — every storyteller — requires motivation.

Our biggest fear is that 'Food, Inc.' will move heavy-handed food-safety regulations forward.

The main thing is to explain to yourself that everybody suffers.

Faces are as legible as books, only with these circumstances to recommend them to our perusal, that they are read in much less time, and are much less likely to deceive us.

My other creative outlet is knitting; aside from being fun, it is my antidote to the film business: I have full creative control, there is no development process, and I can self-finance.