As with many people, Charles, who could not talk, wrote with fullness. He set down his loneliness and his perplexities, and he put on paper many things he did not know about himself.

A man without words is a man without thought.

All great and precious things are lonely.

My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.

An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a punishment for it, and it's usually crucifixion.

Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.

Act out being alive, like a play. And after a while, a long while, it will be true.

Man has a choice and it's a choice that makes him a man.

He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat.

Courage and fear were one thing too.

Sometimes, a lie is told in kindness. I don't believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the slow, eating agony of a lie is never lost.

Be fearless like a newborn that is born with love and hope.

Patience is something I can’t wait to have!

The child is father to the man.

Likewise, every time somebody interjects to speak of my honesty there is someone who quivers inside me.

I would sit and talk to any president who wishes to talk to me, but I'm not anxious to rule it in.

Language the most forcible proceeds from the man who is most sincere. The way to speak with power, or to write words that pierce mankind to the quick, is to speak and write honestly.

Ever since 'Lassie' and 'Old Yeller', I won't watch animal movies. Animals in movies always die.

Without liberals we wouldn't have unions. We wouldn't have environmental protections. We wouldn't have seat belts or birth control or the ACLU! Any of these things!

There is a need, especially right now in America, to be a bit provocative.

You have to try your hardest to be at the top of your game and improve every joke you can until the last possible second, and then you have to let it go.