E. T. A. Hoffmann

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

Not a single man on earth knows from his own experience the how and where of his birth, only from tradition, which is often very uncertain.

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

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.

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