"I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life."

“Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn.”

Source : Song: Knowing when to Leave

“War is, after all, the universal perversion ... war stories, the ***** of war.”

Source : 'The Custard Boys' (1960) ch. 13

“Man blindly works the will of fate. [Ger., Blindlings that er blos den Willen des Geschickes.]”

“Well, when I think of ***** I think of an image. You have the advantage over someone, which is a form of cheating. I guess it wouldn't be right unless it was legal for everybody. Reason it's not legal for everybody is because it can hurt people seriously.”

“All men are a disappointment. No matter what anyone says.”

“For peace to reign on Earth, humans must evolve into new beings who have learned to see the whole first.”

“On 'Swingtown,' I think that's when I was able to blend the character-slash-leading lady roles, and that's what I'm doing on 'Once Upon a Time' as well. She's a leading lady, but she's also this character.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“The dominant problem of pictorial art since the nineteen-fifties is photography, and, by extension, film and video. The basilisk eye of the camera has withered the pride of handworked mediums. Painting survives on a case-by-case basis, its successes amounting to special exemptions from a verdict of history.”

Source : "Seeing and Reading" by Peter Schjeldahl, www.newyorker.com. July 26, 2004.