Andre Gide

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

They said I couldn't play anything but an English boy. I knew I could. So I went to New York.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

All the books I was reading as a teenager were about individuals having adventures. So I thought that was what writers were supposed to do: to go out on the road.