For the girl without words, there is laughter for what is light, gesture for want, and tears for all that is dark. There is not much more. Names are nothing but extravagance.

There is no greater power than the one others do not believe you possess.

Learn to be a responder, not a reactor.

The central fact of North American history is that there were fifteen British Colonies before 1776. Thirteen rebelled and two did not.

The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake.

Isn't it god's own image? tramping his thirty miles a day after partridges, or a little rubber ball? wouldn't you like to be like that, well off, and quite the thing?

In my stories I can kiss the girls I want to kiss and punch the girls I want to punch. Nobody pays a price for it.

Man's destiny is nowhere spelled out, nor is his duty.

I'm a heaven sent instrument. My rhythmatic regimen navigates melodic notes for your soul and your mental. That's why I'm instrumental, vibrations is what I'm into.

The popular song is America's greatest ambassador.

[To the critic who wrote a negative review:] I am sitting in the smallest room of the house. Your review is before me. Soon it will be behind me.