If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them.

Love is a universal migraine. A bright stain on the vision, Blotting out reason.

There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.

There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.

Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them.

The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good.

Kill if you must, but never hate: Man is but grass and hate is blight, The sun will scorch you soon or late, Die wholesome then, since you must fight

I was last in Rome in AD 540 when it was full of Goths and their heavy horses. It has changed a great deal since then.

New beginnings and new shoots Spring again from hidden roots Pull or stab or cut or burn, Love must ever yet return.

What we now call "finance" is, I hold, an intellectual perversion of what began as warm human love.

I was thinking, "So, I’m Emperor, am I? What nonsense! But at least I'll be able to make people read my books now.

Each day, I count 100 times my blessings. What sacred-thanks?

Develop a clear vision for your organization. Where do you want to be in five years?

I love doing stuff with Todd Barry and Jon Benjamin. We give the stage to good bands and funny people.

A long time ago I decided that my universe will be the soul and heart of man.

All I've done is give you a book. You have to have the courage to learn what's inside it.

It is only grown-ups who want children to be children; children themselves always want to be real people.

Love exalts as much as glory does.

Self-parody is the first portent of age.

I spent hours flipping through the stations, watching Pat Robertson preach about society’s evils and then ask people to call him with their credit card number.

The characteristic virtue of Englishmen is power of sustained practical activity and their characteristic vice a reluctance to test the quality of that activity by reference to principles.