All that tread, The globe are but a handful to the tribes, That slumber in its bosom.

Eloquence is the poetry of prose.

Weep not that the world changes- did it keep a stable changeless state it were a cause indeed to weep.

To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms she speaks A various language.

Truth crushed to earth shall rise again.

Personal perception of perfection is like that. You see what you want to see. After awhile you just see what you need to.

Wisdom frees men, even if they are in prison.

What God knows about me is more important than what others think about me.

People can copy what you've done, but they can't copy what you still want to do.

While it is true that commercial art is always in danger of ending up as a prostitute, it is equally true that noncommercial art is always in danger of ending up as an old maid.

It takes a lot of courage to be happy (after the death of a spouse), but I've got courage, so I think I will be happy again.

It is easier to act yourself into a new way of feeling than to feel yourself into a new way of acting.

Wolverine was created in the '60s, but he feels like a '70s character in every way. More Dirty Harry, more politically incorrect, the hair, the mutton chops.

I'm what happens after death, which is writing.

With all the talent around, it's sort of amazing that a woman could be up here with us.