"Nonetheless, we experience a sense of freedom when we feel that we have the ability to make choices and satisfy our primal instincts."

“A quality such as self-esteem is a result of practicing good human relations.”

“He pushed himself to his feet. “Don’t lie, Sansa. I am malformed, scarred, and small, but…” she could see him groping “…abed, when the candles are blown out, I am made no worse than other men. In the dark, I am the Knight of Flowers.” He took a draught of wine. “I am generous. Loyal to those who are loyal to me. I’ve proven I’m no craven. And I am cleverer than most, surely wits count for something. I can even be kind. Kindness is not a habit with us Lannisters, I fear, but I know I have some somewhere. I could be… I could be good to you.”

“We've got one life and the older we get the more we come to realize how short it is.”

Source : "His Vampires Do a Lot More Than Just Suck". Interview with Paula Guran, darkecho.com. June 1999.

“Hiroshima had a profound effect upon me.”

“But it is recognized that punishment for the abuse of the liberty accorded to the press is essential to the protection of the public, and that the common law rules that subject the libeler to responsibility for the public offense, as well as for the private injury, are not abolished by the protection extended in our constitutions. The law of criminal libel rests upon that secure foundation. There is also the conceded authority of courts to punish for contempt when publications directly tend to prevent the proper discharge of judicial functions.”

“I am a perfectionist. When I take a picture...it's gotta be good.”

“I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.”

“I feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into sleep, that there is this sort of seductive quality in all the hedonistic pleasures that pull on us.”