"I say, without characters, fame lives long...." - Quote by William Shakespeare

“Why, courage then! what cannot be avoided'Twere childish weakness to lament or fear.”

“I have seen the day of wrong through the little hole of discretion, and I will right myself like a soldier.”

“Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds, looking on their silly sheep, Than doth a rich embroider'd canopy To kings that fear their subjects treachery?”

“The only reason I am a star is because of my repression. Nothing else would have driven me through all that if I was 'normal'.”

“Scott's Eastwood movie Snowden sounds fascinating. I want to see it because it's about deserting your country ... for whatever reasons you have. Edward Snowden became famous for the wrong reasons, as Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger became famous for doing something spectacular.”

“Being a famous writer is a little like being a tall dwarf. You're on the edge of normality.”

“Let our Fathers and Grandfathers be valued for their Goodness, ourselves for our own.”

“Modesty is a learned affectation. It's no good. Humility is great, because humility says, 'There was someone before me. I'm following in somebody's footsteps.'”

“To produce music is also in a sense to produce children.”