Ever Tried. Ever Failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

There's never an end for the sea.

Don't look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.

The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.

If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love.

If you don't know where you are currently standing, you're dead.

Nothing is more real than nothing.

You're on Earth. There's no cure for that.

I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.

Dear incomprehension, it's thanks to you I'll be myself, in the end.

That's what hell must be like, small chat to the babbling of Lethe about the good old days when we wished we were dead.

the thing you are mostafraid to writewrite that-- advice to young writers

Better ignore it than halfheartedly listen!

It is not the soul that speaks its mind, but the mind that speaks its soul, that will be heard.

Our vanity desires that what we do best should be considered what is hardest for us.

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write.

I believe that change comes from the bottom, not the top.

I've been to two festivals in my life, and I've never been to Toronto. I haven't really been making festival movies. This is new territory for me.

The guy said NBA players are one in a million, ... I said, 'Man, look, I'm going to be that one in a million.

Because judges may not issue advisory opinions, judicial nominees may not do so either, especially on issues likely to come before the court. That rule has always been honored.

With the spirit of my administration, New York City is poised for dramatic change. The era of fear has had a long enough reign.