You can't believe everything people tell you - not even if those people are your own brain.

There is no such thing as helplessness. It's just another word for giving up.

Trust not in Sprites nor the motivations of a Gnome.

Wisdom cannot be stolen - it can only be shared.

It is a fool of a shepherd who culls his dogs.

Respect is a kind of magic too, you know.

Your king is SUPPOSED to explode? What kind of government system is that?

She was every inch the skeletal goddess that had been promised by the bones of her feet.

How do you explain plastic to a medieval forest bard?

Respect is a really powerful magic too, you know.

We face dangers every day of which we are not even aware. Often God intervenes on our behalf through the use of His angels.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

And if I please you so, my lover, Remember praise is comely.

Once you sign on as an actor, you know, you don't go to the editing room, you don't see how they cut, you don't see how they score, you don't see how they cast the rest of the movie.

The 'working poor,' as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society.

Where journalists have gotten themselves in trouble over the last few decades is that their skepticism often extends only to American officials, the U.S. military and Republican politicians.

I would be a liar if I said it wouldn't be lovely and soothing - that's the word - to have a hit single or a hit album.

In short, I'm pretty suspicious of the idea that there's a real and true and authentic world, and then a bunch of false ones.

Man, I wouldn't know where to begin on education reform, but one thing we have to do is add teacher accountability WITHOUT stressing standardized test scores.

I loved you ere I knew you; know you now, And having known you, love you better still.