The generic city is the city liberated from the captivity of center, from the straitjacket of identity.

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers."

The most important thing for an actor is to listen, not just to the other actors, but to the story and to the moment.

War is an ugly thing， but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war， is much worse.