I have my books And my poetry to protect me; I am shielded in my armor, Hiding in my room, safe within my womb. I touch no one and no one touches me. I am a rock, I am an island.

I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.

The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.

Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.

If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.

Sail on silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Oh, if you need a friend I'm sailing right behind.

I don't feel any pressure from fans. But I'm always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That's not to say that I'm not happy.

Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.

I've got nothing to do today but smile.

Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.

Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo.

We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

Understanding of divine truths preserves and protects a man in any situation.

No other animal on earth has portrayed such a disregard for life than mankind.

My every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs will be made to benefit American workers and American families.

Sometime, somewhere you take something to be the truth. But if you cling to it too strongly, then even when the truth comes in person and knocks on your door, you will not open it.

You can't be fat and fast, too; so lift, run, diet and work.

You cannot know a man's life before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad.

To look for a single general theory of how to decide the right thing to do is like looking for a single theory of how to decide what to believe.

I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings.

Love's but a frailty of the mind, When 'tis not with ambition joined.