He did not know which was more painful, the waking or the sleeping. When he slept, he dreamed: dark disturbing dreams of blood and broken promises. When he woke, there was nothing to do but think, and his waking thoughts were worse than nightmares.

You can't hammer tin into iron, no matter how hard you beat it, but that doesn't mean it's useless.

The great thing about reading is that it broadens your life

Too stupid to learn and too stupid to give up.

I think life is a jape. Yours, mine, everyone's

'Rome' was one of my favourite shows, and I wish HBO had given it three more seasons 'cause I would have loved to continue watching it.

It's very hard to find a good child actor. There are a lot of child actors out there, especially in America, and they're cute kids, but most child actors appear on sitcoms where their main role is to be cute and make funny little remarks.