Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.

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.

And baby, the way you move me it's crazy

Take responsibility for your life and count solely on yourself

good people bring the good out of people

I believe the sign of maturity is accepting deferred gratification.

I guess I just take things as they come now, as far as that goes. I get really excited to do the project, but I don't think too much beyond that.

Teen readers can see aspects of themselves in the teen authors, which in a way, validates their experiences.

Necessity first mothered invention. Now invention has little ones of her own, and they look just like grandma.

When I'm dead are they going to remember me ? I don't really think about it, it's up to them. When I'm dead, who cares ? I don't.

Matisse renovates rather than innovates.

God, though this life is but a wraith, Although we know not what we use, Although we grope with little faith, Give me the heart to fight and lose.