Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say?

The most prolific period of pessimism comes at twenty-one or thereabouts, when the first attempt is made to translate dreams into reality.

Heywood Broun

It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen; that is the common right of humanity.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

I can choose to accelerate my disease to an alcoholic death or incurable insanity, or I can choose to live within my thoroughly human condition.

Mercedes McCambridge

I'll do humor about myself, I'll poke fun and everything, but that's me and I can do it to me. I think it's cruel to do it to somebody else.

Delta Burke

I've completed the first part of my preparations without injury problems. My speed is good and I'm doing lots of volume for strength.

Jonathan Brown

I like doing theaters. I like being up close and personal with the fans. It's really cool.

Ruben Studdard

The only legitimate artists in England are the architects.

Benjamin Haydon

That fellow seems to posses but one idea and that is the wrong one.

Samuel Johnson

I think films about men are often about characters who don't want to express their feelings. You're supposed to kind of admire them for not expressing their feelings. And I feel that's a bit dull. Women's stories often have stronger emotional content, which I enjoy doing. What I really love doing is mixing that with humor.

Nigel Cole

The intellect is always fooled by the heart.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The first thing is that we're being attacked by both the Writers Guild and the Producers Guild. Both of these groups are trying to diminish the importance and strength of the director. They're trying to do it through both frontal and side attacks.

John Frankenheimer

El llanto es tan saludable como el sudor, y más poético. Hay que aplicarlo siempre que sea posible como la medicina antigua aplicaba la sangría.

Alejandro Casona