Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius. . . he who reads in a proper spirit, can scarcely read too much.
It's never too early for ice cream.
Campus. . . brings back so many memories that I would. . . have made.
I am Michael, and I am part English, Irish, German, and Scottish, sort of a virtual United Nations.
Most writers, I'm afraid, live very boring lives sitting in front of a screen. However, having said that: every writer puts a bit of themselves into the characters to bring them alive.
My mom always used to say that average people are the most special people in the world. And that's why God made so many.
Don't ever, for any reason, do anything to anyone, for any reason, ever, no matter what.
The will of man without the grace of God is not free at all, but is the permanent prisoner and bondslave of evil since it cannot turn itself to good.
You can't dictate if a character's going to come off as sympathetic to an audience. I just tried to play it as honest as possible.
There is, however, no advantage in reflections on the past further than may be of service to the present. For the future we must provide by maintaining what the present gives us and redoubling our efforts; it is hereditary to us to win virtue as the fruit of labour, and you must not change the habit, even though you should have a slight advantage in wealth and resources; for it is not right that what was won in want should be lost in plenty.
There were times in my career. . . when I felt like a trapeze artist doing dangerous somersaults without a net underneath. When you execute those somersaults flawlessly, the audience feels the same sense of triumph the performer does.