Writing is tyranny ... but reading is democracy.

True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility.

You cannot change what you are, only what you do.

That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.

After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.

One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you.

We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.

I stopped believing there was a power of good and a power of evil that were outside us. And I came to believe that good and evil are names for what people do, not for what they are.

If you want something you can have it, but only if you want everything that goes with it, including all the hard work and the despair, and only if you're willing to risk failure.

Read like a butterfly, write like a bee.

Just finished 'Secrecy' - truly enthralling both as a love story and as a tale of suspense - but much more than both.

I would love to be erased from our association with Pearl Jam or the Nymphs and other first time offenders.

I love being involved in all of the creative stuff; I love talking ideas with directors. Anyone with an imagination can create something fun.

To be honest to oneself, and that is very hard to do.

My father was a Catholic, but my mother wasn't. She had to do that weird deal you do as a Catholic - they deign to sanction your marriage and you have to bring your children up as Catholics.

Abandon benevolence, discard duty, and people will return to the family ties.

What I love about the theater is the work ethic. I grew up with it.

The prince must be a lion, but he must also know how to play the fox.

Every piece of art will be if it's lucky enough to be dug up, if there's anything to dig up.

Barack Obama believes he has the same kind of connection to the American people that Trump has.

The passions we cannot control are the ones that define us.