Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse.

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.

Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.

A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.

Man has his will, but woman has her way.

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Words are nets through which all truth escapes("News From The World")

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.

Home can be the Pennsylvania TurnpikeIndiana's early morning dewHigh up in the hills of CaliforniaHome is just another word for you

A confessional passage has probably never been written that didn't stink a little bit of the writer's pride in having given up his pride.

One can do something if one can see and understand it.

Characterization requires a constant back-and-forth between the exterior events of the story and the inner life of the character.

Success means being satisfied with what you do every day. It's being proud of the better person you are becoming.

I think if you steal well, you're a genius. If you copy badly, you're a hack.

We're not just horror fans. We're film fans. I love action films. I want to do action films. I want to do romantic comedies. I love all this stuff. So, if I find the good material, I'll do it.

I don't think of myself as a singer; I usually end up singing when I can't find anyone better to sing, or when I'm too lazy to find someone better.