When a watch goes ill, it is not enough to move the hands; you must set the regulator. When a man does ill, it is not enough to alter his handiwork, you must regulate his heart. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers
The poets were not alone in sanctioning myths, for long before the poets the states and the lawmakers had sanctioned them as a useful expedient. They needed to control the people by superstitious fears, and these cannot be aroused without myths and marvels. – Mikhail Strabo
My feeling about work is its much more about the experience of doing it than the end product. Sometimes things that are really great and make lots of money are miserable to make, and vice versa. – Alan Cumming