"I tried to be really tough when I was younger. I felt I had to stand up for myself. I never felt like I fit in."

“He possessed the logic of all good intentions and a knowledge of all the tricks of his trade, and yet he never succeeded at anything, because he believed too much in the impossible. Surprising? Why so? He was forever in the act of conceiving it!”

“Fasting is a constant means of renewing yourself spiritually.”

“The Yen Buddhists are the richest religious sect in the universe. They hold that the accumulation of money is a great evil and a burden to the soul. They therefore, regardless of personal hazard, see it as their unpleasant duty to acquire as much as possible in order to reduce the risk to innocent people.”

“When men abandon reason, physical force becomes their only means of dealing with one another and of settling disagreements.”

“I was forever changed by my experience on Once and Again. All of us who were on that show have deep connections... familial connections.”

Source : "Susanna Thompson: ‘Arrow’ Star Talks Career And Staying Young". Interview with Shelley Emling, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 29, 2012.

“A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on.”

“I basically went into business for myself. But it never amounted to anything. I learned a lot about editing and dubbing by watching all the professionals do it, but I never got a job out of my imposition.”

“One can find so many pains when the rain is falling.”