I think you know that when an American stays away from New York too long something happens to him. Perhaps he becomes a little provincial, a little dead and afraid.

Dare to be strong and courageous. That is the road. Venture anything.

The object of art is not to make salable pictures. It is to save yourself.

The lives of people are like young trees in a forest. They are being choked by climbing vines. The vines are old thoughts and beliefs planted by dead men.

You won’t arrive. It is an endless search.

There is within every human being a deep well of thinking over which a heavy iron lid is kept clamped.

I think the whole glory of writing lies in the fact that it forces us out of ourselves and into the lives of others.

The thing of course, is to make yourself alive. Most people remain all of their lives in a stupor.

I go about looking at horses and cattle. They eat grass, make love, work when they have to, bear their young. I am sick with envy of them.

It was a cold day but the sun was out and the trees were like great bonfires against gray distant fields and hills.

The whole object of education is...to develop the mind. The mind should be a thing that works.

Life is a book. Read it. But do not forget to write yours.

It should be illegal to have such a hot little body as yours." —Bryce Van Der Linden | Unbearable Passion (Book 1), Never Say Never

Skin color doesn't make you different, ' Melody said. 'We're all the same on the inside.' 'The only people who ever say that, ' Raymon replied, 'are white.

Guests are the delight of leisure, and the solace of ennui.

Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most of his life.

I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is to take a medication if it helps, but don't do only that. You also need to train your mind.

I haven't had a chance to talk, but I'm confident we'll get a bill that I can live with if we don't.

Prison is where you promise yourself the right to live.

It's not that I'm confident, but I feel it's okay for me to continue taking photos.

There is always a plan B.