was it possible that i was, in the modern term, in denial?

...falling in love could be achieved in a single word—a glance.

come back, come back to me

Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion, and it is the beginning of morality.

I've never had a moment's doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life.

A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.

True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.

When its gone, you'll know what a gift love was. you'll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it.

I believe the novella is the perfect form of prose fiction. It is the beautiful daughter of a rambling, bloated ill-shaven giant (but a giant who's a genius on his best days).

I'm holding back, delaying the information. I'm lingering in the prior moment because it was a time when other outcomes were still possible.

Observing human variety can give pleasure, but so too can human sameness.

Gossiping's part of witchcraft, ' said Tiffany. 'They're checking to see if they've gone batty yet.

A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration.

My attitude as an actor, because I'm a stage actor, is whatever the director tells you to do, you try it. You don't resist what a director is giving you.

Well Getaway was a script that was submitted to us for production and I read it and thought it would be a cool movie to make.

Man wants little, nor that little long.

You see, Suzanne, history lectures bore me, art films bore me, your friends bore me, and, if you want to know the truth, I guess you bore me too.

To think that fulfilling yourself in this world will create eternal fulfillment is absurd. But we feel this way because we lack purity.

... a canvas that I have covered is worth more than a blank canvas. My pretensions go no further; that is my right to paint, my reason for painting.

I am honest; I try to be truthful. I like people and wish us well. We are not always deserving of our own best wishes.

I think leadership's always been about two main things: imagination and courage.