Caffeine helps a lot. That and a certain amount of isolation.

When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.

Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.

I have, of course, been called many other things. Most of them uncouth, although very few were unearned

The world is a mess and I just need to rule it.

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.

It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to be itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true.

If I seem to wander, if I seem to stray, remember that true stories seldom take the straightest way

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.

Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold dark beneath.

The tower of success stands on the pillars of vision, action, patience and the character to withstand criticisms.

Some are born to play it safe Others are born to live it wild.

Pretty woman, I don't believe you, you're not the truth. No one could look as good as you, mercy.

Blame-all and Praise-all are two blockheads.

When one compares the talents one has with those of a Leibniz , one is tempted to throw away one's books and go die quietly in the dark of some forgotten corner.

Soup dumplings, sitcoms, one-night stands--good ones leave you wanting more.

When weak or injured always continue training as you should always be able to adapt in any condition.

Id rather get up early and go out and do something than stay up late and screw up my body.

These ante meridiem cats, insomniacs... Four in the mornin' we throwin back some Cognac juice.

Is this just what you do? You start to get involved, get scared when the emotions are too much, and then dream up any excuse you can to run? Or to invite the other person to dump you?