I've got nothing against any individual American, except that there aren't any. They're always Irish-American, African-American... There's never an American-American you can blame.

Many are willing to suffer for their art. Few are willing to learn to draw.

He who disagrees with me in private, call him a fool. He who disagrees with me in public, call him an ambulance.

Although no man is an island, you can make quite an effective raft out of six.

If you only ever read one book in your life ... I highly recommend you keep your mouth shut.

Like bees around honey. Why are bees so attracted to honey, since they make it? It can only be vanity.

The truly beautiful are often abused for apparent ugliness just as those with great vision often bump into things.

When you look in the mirror and despair and none of your clothes seem appropriate, relax, put the kettle on. It might suit you.

What do you get the man who has everything? Might I suggest a gravestone inscribed with the words: so what?

Fish deserve to be caught for they are lazy. Two million years of evolution and they still haven't got out of the water.

All men are brothers. Hence war.

The secret is not to write about what you love best, but about what you, alone, love at all.

Get government out of our way, and let freedom and the spirit of the American people shine through.

I can't think of anything better in the world to be but a vegan.

I would prefer to tell a young player what to do than how to do it.

Zen is the vehicle of reality.

Even when I was a kid, I had this insane head of flaming hair. It looked like a wig.

When man tries to imagine Paradise on earth, the immediate result is a very respectable Hell.

I like friends who, when you tell them you need a moment alone, know enough not to stray too far.

Where did they get those screams, Katniss?

You want to change your life? Control the only thing you can control: the meaning you give something.