As for the usefulness of poetry, its uses are many. It is the deification of reality.

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.

I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of goldfish.

Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.

Rhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality.

I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of goldfish.

Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?

If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?

The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation... they do not want to attract attention.

I would rather not make a film than make one where I don't have final cut.

Ask a new question and you will learn new things.

I have learned that in all negotiations nothing matters except the will to reach agreement.

Ive had business sense since I was very young. I sold chicken eggs when I was six.

I always had an affinity for lizards. I've always felt somewhat close to them. They're reptiles. I find myself feeling somewhat reptilian at times.

Inflation is like toothpaste. Once it's out, you can hardly get it back in again.

The courage to go deeper is found by letting your desire grow larger than your fear.

If the careers want me, let them find me.

sometimes, how a situation is perceived carries more weight than the reality of the matter.

Even a two-car parade gets fouled up if you don't decide ahead of time who's going to lead.