A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image.

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.

From the lowest animals of which we can affirm intelligence up to man this type of intellect is found.

I would like to maximize the level of human choice in the medical field...The choice of a treatment in many ways is like the exercise of religion.

I think you can tell when someone is being dishonest as an actor.

Good posture and an attitude let you get away with anything.

I was a Democrat before I was a Republican before I became an independent and I never changed my principles.

The starting point for a better world is the belief that it is possible.

Kaylee, you're adding two and two and coming up with seven.

I'm in a wild mood tonight. I want to go dance in the foam. I hear the banshees calling.

Thank God for small movies and filmmakers who can make movies for not $8 million. Thank God for $8,000 movies.

Children are the root of all evil.... Happy the man who has his quiver empty.