Are you or aren't you convinced that weakness is a man's condition? How can you raise yourself if you haven't fallen first?

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.

Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.

We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.

Lessons are not given, they are taken.

The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing what truth may be, we can still recognize lies.

We never remember days, only moments.

Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.

perhaps, thought Felix, that's what magic is--physics with a different twist to it.my world just hasn't discovered the twist.

Wisdom of the Ages: "Skull and Bones" A secret society of spoiled twits whose apparent purpose in life is littering the landscape with as many as possible.

Always remember that you have been called worse things by better people.

I have enough attention already. More, I don't really need.

All the power of the universe is with you. Feel it, know it, and then act as though it were true.

Miracles is the sort of book that once you've read it you'll wonder where it's been all your life

London ... remains a man's city where New York is chiefly a woman's. London has whole streets that cater to men's wants. It has its great solid phalanx of fortress clubs.

Let no one think that flexibility and a predisposition to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell-out.

If we focus on the minuses, we go down the spiral. But if we are able to focus on the pluses, we can become stronger and put more meaning into our life.

Kazan was an old friend, I met him in 1938. He picked up radio jobs for eating money, so I met him on a couple of radio shows. Later on I was in a play he directed.