An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who keeps a public ordinary, at which all persons are welcome for their money.

It is not enough that your designs, nay that your actions, are intrinsically good, you must take care they shall appear so.

Be ready for make the change. Every time it is not possible to live with single mindset.

You're making sense, old man, a sense of your own. You're not crazy the way they think. Yes...I see...

He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.

I'm really enjoying being single. I'm not even looking to meet anybody, which is so freeing.

Try not be resentful or jealous of other people's success. Know that your path as a performer is going to be very different than others. Try your best not to compare.

The women who intrigued me [as models] had the most beautiful necks and the most responsive hand movements. At one point, I found El Greco, and that elongated look became my way of seeing.

God and love are identical, and one who has divine love has received God.

Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.

My intentions were not to fascinate the world with my personality.

My first memory in life is grilling my thumb to the griddle in our restaurant on Cape Cod.