I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.

Yesterday and tomorrow cross and mix on the skyline. The two are lost in a purple haze. One forgets, one waits.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar.

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down your fence.

It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

Writing is more than just a method to tell stories. It’s a way to find healing, and to healing others.

In the search of spark, we forget the beauty of darkness. We forget the purpose of the light.

Someone needs to talk sense to the president. But these people are not world travelers. This president, much as I like him, had all the opportunities in the world.

I like films to have something inside, I don't mean a message, I mean something from the soul.

Movies are about escape.

The moment philosophy supposes it can find a final and comprehensive solution, it ceases to be inquiry and becomes either apologetics or propaganda.

I believe that quality level is determined primarily by the actual design of the product itself, not by quality control in the production process.

I don't - I don't like that style, myself. I never did like Elvis's singing, but there was millions that did.

I enjoy listening to opera at home, occasionally, but I would much rather see it than just listen to it.

Free men have arms; slaves do not.