"Most, if not all, creativity is born out of perspiration rather than inspiration."

“I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man and two women. They do not leave me with the feeling I have made a full theatrical meal they do not give me the experience of the multiplicity of life.”

“I wouldn't want to be just pigeonholed as an extravagant director.”

“Passion is like the lightning, it is beautiful, and it links the earth to heaven, but alas it blinds!”

Source : H. Rider Haggard (2013). “Delphi Works of H. Rider Haggard (Illustrated)”, p.1632, Delphi Classics

“The lazy man does not, will not, cannot pray, for prayer demands energy.”

“It's a Crime for the Slave to Love her Bonds.”

“Usually people look at you when they're talking to you. I know that they're working out what I'm thinking, but I can't tell what they're thinking. It is like being in a room with a one-way mirror in a spy film.”

“History offers no evidence for the proposition that the assignment of women to military combat jobs is the way to win wars, improve combat readiness, or promote national security.”

“All that matters is what we do for each other.”