Tragic art, as it developed in the theaters of ancient Greece, in the fifth century B.C., was essentially an art form devoted to tracing how people fail, and also according them a level of sympathy, which ordinary life would not necessarily accord them. A few years ago, I was thinking about this, and I went to "The Sunday Sport," a tabloid newspaper I don't recommend you start reading if you're not familiar with it already.
Happiness is not something that happens. It is not the result of good fortune or random chance. It is not something that money can buy or power command. It depends not on what happens outside of you, but on what happens inside of you.
The writer’s first job is not to have opinions but to tell the truth.
I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.
成为英雄的最大障碍是怀疑自己是否会证明自己是个傻瓜;真正的英雄主义是抵抗这种怀疑,而最深刻的智慧是知道何时应该抵抗,何时应该服从。
The moment you think you've understood a character completely is the moment you've lost them.