Books ain't no good. A guy needs somebody - to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

In today's globalized world nothing is sure. Routines are falling

You will never accept gratitude as a solution to your problems, until you have reached the last stage of grief--acceptance.

The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so just.

I love myself enough-not in a schmaltzy garbage sense, Hallmark stuff, I'm talking respect myself-I respect my life-force enough to no longer waste it.

[Y]ou cannot determine either the truth or the right or wrong of anything with a poll. You can only tabulate people's opinions.

It's a lot of power to give the director to edit his own stuff. It's also a time thing: you don't want to have to wait for the guy to finish shooting before he starts editing.

Then there was a kid in the neighborhood about three blocks away, his name was Bobby Beavis.

Eighty percent of all choices are based on fear. Most people don't choose what they want; they choose what they think is safe.

How boring just to be a body.