“Tragedies come in the hungry hours.”
“For an hour or more he was neither human nor vampire, just a howling, hungry creature of dark delights.”
“A lion's work hours are only when he's hungry, once he's satisfied the predator and prey live peacefully together”
“To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.”
“Wisdom not only comes with suffering: when it comes, it is radically unusable. (Brooks' comment on the Oedipus tragedy)”
“On the instant when we come to realize that tragedy is second-hand.”