"Did you exchange a walk-on part in a war, for a leading role in a cage?"

"Have the wild things no moral or legal rights? What right has man to inflict such long and fearful agony on a fellow creature, simply because that creature does not speak his language?"

"Without an adequate theory, reality is irrelevant."

"I have harnessed the shadows that stride from world to world to sow death and madness..."

"All that is in this world is vanity, but to love God and to serve only Him."

"I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set it free."

"I've been rich and I鈥檝e been poor -- and believe me, rich is better."

"I have no faith, very little hope, and as much charity as I can afford."

"She is a friend of my mind... The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order."

"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes."

"I will not add another word."

"Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it."