Your sense of responsibility to others can never be excessive.

Few human beings give of themselves to another as a dog gives of itself.

The less depth a belief system has, the greater the fervency with which its adherents embrace it. The most vociferous, the most fanatical are those whose cobbled faith is founded on the shakiest grounds.

In our age, self-indulgence and self-destruction, rather than self-sacrifice, are the foundations for new heroic myths.

Home is the first refuge from - and last defense against - the disappointments and the terrors of life.

Because people see violence on the movie screen, they're not going to go out and hold up a liquor store and kill somebody. It really doesn't correlate.

I see dead people. But, then by God, I do something about it!