"Sometimes you just have to be by yourself, you need a little space and time."

“My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.”

Source : Epigrams, I, 4, c. 80 - 104 AD.

“If a rat is a good model for your emotional life, you're in big trouble.”

Source : "Stress, Neurodegeneration and Individual Differences". Robert M. Sapolsky's lecture at Washington State University, October 10, 2001.

“One of the most meaningful things we can do as parents is teach our children the power of prayer, not just the routine of prayer.”

“I have an aversion to conformity.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

“I like, for instance, 'Serpico.' I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could - I could embody him. I could, you know, I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It's almost like a painter having a model to become.”

“Dance like you're stamping on a human face forever, love like you've been in a serious car crash that minced the front of your brain, stab like no one can arrest you, and live like there's no such thing as God.”

“Once I gave up the hunt for villains, I had little recourse but to take responsibility for my choices.... Needless to say, this is far less satisfying that nailing villains. It also turned out to be more healing in the end...”

“The reality of Canadian history is that we've been willing to do the important things the world demanded of us: fighting in World War II, in Korea, in the Balkans, where we were involved in offensive military operations, and in Afghanistan, where we have made disproportionate contributions.”