If there is a special Hades for writers is would be in the forced contemplation of their own works.

People don't choose their careers; they are engulfed by them.

Individuality is freedom lived.

The creation of a world view is the work of a generation rather than of an individual, but we each of us, for better or for worse, add our brick to the edifice.

The mind cannot support moral chaos for long. Men are under as strong a compulsion to invent an ethical setting for their behavior as spiders are to weave themselves webs

Democracy evolves where freedom is able to determine its own policy.

I've always thought you should concentrate on paddling your own canoe.

I never see the dawn that I don't say to myself perhaps.

Life is to be used, not just held in the hand like a box of bonbons that nobody eats.

It's rather grisly, isnt it, how soon a living man becomes nothing more than a collection of stocks and bonds and debts and real estate?

It's almost worth having been in the army for the joy your freedom gives you

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.

Note from Alien cookbook: “The more intelligent the human is, the better it tastes.

If you come across a high mountain on your way, thank to it, because a good challenge is a great chance for you to surpass yourself! Thank to it!

I don't have any regrets.

I'm not easy to live with and I know that it's true. However, you're no picnic either, babe, and that's one of the things I liked about you.

Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!

Growing up, I used to watch Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, All in the Family. Those were the shows I watched growing up with my family. And, believe it or not, McMillan and Wife and Columbo.

It's been a long time since I've been in the playoffs. I want to get back there.

Wait'll next year! is the favorite cry of baseball fans, football fans, hockey fans, and gardeners.

Many people who say they have no religion are simply saying they have no official religious affiliation. They may actually have strong personal beliefs.