It is better to kill one hundred innocents than to let one guilty person go.

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

It is better to kill one hundred innocents than to let one guilty person go.

Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.

It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward.

We are the movies and the movies are us.

You know, different people are going to react different ways. And I don't think we should be intolerable because people do things a little differently.

In Wisconsin, I led the Assembly to a balanced budget in face of fierce opposition from the status quo.

There is no such thing as failure, only results.

As an Ambassador for PSI and a supporter of Nothing But Nets, I have met individuals around the world who are lending their ideas, their voices, and their time to improve their communities and the world at large. And there are millions more that I have not met.

Sleeping is no mean art for its sake one must stay awake all day.

One of the things I admire about longer stories is the way writers can work with dead time and slower, more idle moments - not only can they feel expansive, they feel lived-in; the unhurried pacing often makes the endings even more resonant and surprising for me.

A brand is a voice and a product is a souvenir.

I like art with a sense of humor. I don't have a huge art education to understand everything. I don't think that means that art has to be watered down to the lowest common denominator, though. I don't think you have to go to college to be able appreciate great art, but I like art that doesn't take itself too seriously.

Nihilism in American comedy came along way before 'The Simpsons.' There was a fairly nihilistic point of view to 'Saturday Night Live,' for instance, back in the beginning, and a lot of really dark comedy had a really anti-sentimental take on life.

I try to keep a low profile in general. Not with my art, but just as a person.

The way of the troublemaker is thorny.

I don't care about Hollywood films. I'm not against Hollywood films, you know? Hollywood films were very good before, in the 1950s.

Of course I'm proud of what I've done, but I'm interested in what's next. I want to be relevant now, in 2012. I've done my bit for the past. I've only ever been about what's next, really, and I'll be that way until I keel over.

Physical immortality is seductive. The ancient Hindus sought it; the Greek physician Galen from the 2nd Century A.D. and the Arabic philosopher/physician Avicenna from the 11th Century A.D. believed in it.

When we're touring America or Europe, we use our own plane and a great advantage of that is it cuts out an awful lot of time checking in. You literally drive up to the plane, get on and then drive off at the other end.

Nothing good gets written without the writer suffering along the way, in my opinion. Writing should be a pleasure, but unless you feel almost broken many, many times in the journey to a novel, you haven't pushed yourself hard enough.

So what did influence 'Bird Box?' Well, I've had a crush on Medusa since about 1985. Maybe the book is an ode to her.

Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible.

Presidential leadership needn't always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.

I'm really interested in modern history, but to fulfill a History degree at Brown you have to do modern and pre-modern.

Find out who you are and do it on purpose.

I grew up in musical theatre and love to perform on stage.

I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is to take a medication if it helps, but don't do only that. You also need to train your mind.