Don’t spit down my back and tell me it’s raining.

I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

Mortals. I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe. Undo what was done long before you came along. You are such beautiful creatures.

The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.

Knowing you don't have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out-more like, they figure themselves out-and everything gets real clear.

There are no coincidences.

Because saving the people you love isn't stupid. It isn't even a choice

Who can judge the judge?

I'll love you until the day after forever.

It almost felt like she was sucking it all out of me, like she sucked on that sticky red lollipop, the one she kept licking as she drove.

the whole way down, I was only thinking one thing . . . L E N A

When you face a great problem in life, don’t get scared. Consider it a great adventure. Ultimately it will shape your life with charm.

Boredom looms over the liveliest lessons, seeking to destroy.

Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.

I'm not rich because I invented VisiCalc, but I feel that I've made a change in the world. That's a satisfaction money can't buy.

The schizophrenic mind is not so much split as shattered. I like to say schizophrenia is like a waking nightmare.

I like it that in many ways we are all the same.

Am I like the optimist who, while falling ten stories from a building, says at each story, I'm all right so far?

Class is entirely intangible, and the way it affects things isn't subject to scientific analysis, and it's not supposed to be real but it's pervasive and powerful. See; just like magic.

There is no problem only solutions

There are few words in the music business or in art that I'll say people or some writers are overgenerous with words like 'legend' or 'genius', 'he's a pioneer' and all of that.