Friedrich Schiller

Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air.

Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.

As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe.

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

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.

Since the days of Greece and Rome, when the word 'citizen' was a title of honor, we have often seen more emphasis put on the rights of citizenship than on its responsibilities.