E. T. A. Hoffmann

It is nearly always the most improbable things that really come to pass.

It is useless to contend with the irresistible power of Time, which goes on continually creating by a process of constant destruction.

How prone poor Humanity is to dam up the minutest remnants of its freedom, and build an artificial roof to prevent it looking up to the clear blue sky.

I don't think they're going to pay me to play Mufasa.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.