I got a flue shot and now my chimney works perfectly.

A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile away and have his shoes.

Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.

I believe the United States should allow all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language... Apache.

Be so good they can't ignore you.

I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.

I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.

Relationships end, but they don't end your life. But people do often spending more time finding out about failed relationships than finding successful ones.

Relationships end, but they don't end your life.

Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.

They programmed you with the best of intentions but unfortunately their best was mediocrity.

Some people never go crazy, what truly horrible lives they must live.

To write a story about New York that only deals with people in your age and socioeconomic bracket, that feels dishonest to me. So much of New York comes from everyone bumping into each other.

I don't think I responded very well to the sudden celebrity, the sudden fame, and the loss of privacy.

I've been arrested a few times, but I've never been in real trouble. Because what I do is art and even if it is illegal, Art is a universal activity, and artists are generally respected.

Those beings only are fit for solitude who are like nobody, and are liked by nobody.

To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go.

When you understand that you are your soul, then you will experience Life as an expression of the soul.

They say in the military that a good battle plan can last as long as five minutes in real fighting. After that, it comes down to if the general is favored by fate and the spirits.

I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them.