Comparisons of one's lot with others' teaches us nothing and enfeebles the will.

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 am worth the effort of creating a blissful life. I choose to care for myself like a treasured lover. I love myself.

Beautiful girls should know how to defend themselves against the advances of gentlemen.

He held the sword as if he's used one before, " Rhys said.The stranger snorted. "Of course I've used a sword. What kind of Highlander can no' wield a blade?

The quarterback must go down, and he must go down hard

Even on the worst days I am without a doubt still happier doing this than I am doing anything else. On acting.

If you're interested in 'balancing' work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable.

The great unity which true science seeks is found only by beginning with our knowledge of God, and coming down from Him along the stream of causation to every fact and event that affects us.

I don't think there is too much art involved in what I do.

There are no answers, only cross references.

I never dreamed I would receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, mostly because my style is so typically Austrian.