It is doubtless one of Aristotle's great services that he conceived so clearly the truth that literature is a thing that grows and has a history.
The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.
Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself, but with its subject.
One thing that's great about being a character actor is that a movie doesn't rest on your shoulders. If it bombs, it won't hurt my career.
One of the great things about Lanai is that the weather is always fabulous. Always 82 degrees and sunny. The problem is that, like California now, Lanai needs more water.
The great thing about rock-n-roll is you realize the top of the mountain is big enough for more than one band.
There's always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create your own vision of things.
One good thing about leaving daily journalism was that I was no longer obliged to read all the book prize short lists.
The one worry that I always have with TV is that it's such a long commitment. You sign on to be there for a good amount of time, and then you can't go and do films and things like that.
One good thing about animation is that, if you do screw up a line, they won't use it. You can keep going until it's right.
It's volatile, the marriage. Which one isn't? Nothing better than a good, full-on row. Get it all out. Say rude and nasty things. And then be sorry. Genuinely sorry, afterwards.
People will now go to films with subtitles, you know. They're not afraid of them. It's one of the upsides of text-messaging and e-mail. Maybe the only good thing to come of it.
It's one of the things that looks good written down, but the reality is that you think about the pieces you're doing and try to bear in mind everyone in the audience.
I think one of the most important things in a relationship is caring for your significant other through good times and bad.
There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment. This kind of photography is realism. But realism is not enough - there has to be vision, and the two together can make a good photograph.
Everything about Washington is inconsistent, because they say one thing and do another, which is what my opponent, Claire McCaskill, is very, very good at.
An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're a star you're dead already. You're embalmed.
I think one of the terrible things today is that people have this deathly fear of food: fear of eggs, say, or fear of butter. Most doctors feel that you can have a little bit of everything.
Without a Mayaguez, or something comparable that we don't see in the immediate future, there is probably no one thing the President can do to himself to turn this situation around.
It's funny... you can make fun of AIDS or Haiti, but if you make fun of some starlet in Hollywood's looks? That's like the one thing... the line you are not to cross.
