But before we face experience, that miserable enemy, let us have some more innocence, just for a while.

Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.

Religious belief is without reason and without dignity, and its record is near-universally dreadful.

Probably human cruelty is fixed and eternal. Only styles change.

My life looked good on paper - where, in fact, almost all of it was being lived.

When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable

Closure is a greasy little word which, moreover, describes a nonexistent condition. The truth, Venus, is that nobody gets over anything.

Perhaps there are other bits of my life that would take on content, take on shadow, if only I read more and thought less about money.

When you’ve lost all your play, guess what love becomes. Work. Work that gets harder every hour.

Love is blind; but it makes you see the blind man; teetering on the roadside . . .

Every 10 years you're a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They're full of new rewards.

Saying you liked all music meant that you didn't love any.

Just because it's imaginary, doesn't mean it's not real.

Hey, you know what, I've gotta go on that 'Letterman' show. That show is so lame.

Not that they were that anxious to see Ronnie as President; they were afraid if he didn't get elected, he'd go back to acting.

Being comedian outside of performing, you're someone who's analyzing life, and thinking about it, and observing so much. In my opinion, it can make you feel sort of on the outside looking in.

I live for those who love me, for those who know me true, for the heaven so blue above me, and the good that I can do.

I'm not telling people to go vegan overnight.

One attraction in coming to the woods to live was that I should have leisure and opportunity to see the spring come in.

Teaching school is but another word for sure and not very slow destruction.

I don't believe that human beings can achieve ultimate enlightenment, because humans have flaws.