"I don’t consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin."

"We are not always what we seem, and a good trick of the mind is to convince yourself that you are what you wish to be."

"If you are a woman, you are a target."

"When power is concentrated, it can be abused."

"Nolite te bastardes carborundorum."