Characterization in a play is like a blank check which the dramatist accords to the actor for him to fill in.

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.

There is nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different from the world inside your head.

If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent.

The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

Art is not only the desire to tell one's secret; it is the desire to tell it and hide it at the same time.

If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good

Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it -- every, every minute?

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.

I will never forget the magic I felt the moment I kissed your lips.

To the goats, all people are equal, except for those who have treats.

Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.

From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me.

It is much easier to drive without having an accident.

Peace isn't the mere absence of violence; peace must come from inner peace. And inner peace comes from taking others’ interests into account.

One bitter time of mourning, I remember, When day, and night, my sad heart did complain, My life, I said, was one cold, bleak December, And all its pleasures, were but whited pain.

When we function from a place of positive energy, the world around us becomes more positive.

You make kingdoms and castles on your own.

To strive for something better - at least there's a chance.