I know people who are so immersed in road maps that they never see the countryside they pass through, and others who, having traced a route, are held to it as though held by flanged wheels to rails.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

How can something so wrong feel so right?

I actually remember feeling delight at two o'clock in the morning when the baby woke for his feed because I so longed to have another look at him.

Is not Justice just a nice way to say revenge.

Now, games have been democratized. Everyone plays games.

For a foreigner, L.A. is such a big, wonderful and weird place that, until you find your niche, you feel a little bit discombobulated.

I'm a nerd. But I'm not that hard-core.

Where the sole employer is the state, [opposition] means death by slow starvation.

When I was labeled stupid, that scarred me forever.

Whenever something happens that makes me laugh or if I remember something in the middle of the night that I want to share, I jot the experience down.