If you want to see your plays performed the way you wrote them, become President.

It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.

Follow the man who seeks the truth; run from the man who has found it.

Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.

Nothing is more powerful than individuals acting out of their own conscience.

Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.

Without commonly shared and widely entrenched moral values and obligations, neither the law, nor democratic government, nor even the market economy will function properly.

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

This is a confusing and uncertain period, when a thousand wise words can go completely unnoticed, and one thoughtless word can provoke an utterly nonsensical furor.

We must not be afraid of dreaming the seemingly impossible if we want the seemingly impossible to become a reality.

There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.

Two days ago, I was trying to decide how to ask him to marry me, ” Zane whispered. “Tonight I’m trying to figure out if I can even love someone like him.

So that's the challenge, you have a big technical aspect of what you're doing whilst you're creatively trying to improvise.

Ignorance, poverty, and greed must disappear so that light can prevail in all places.

A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them.

When I was young I was a fool. So wrap me up in dreams and death.

These are hallowed moments, when every American has reason to express his gratitude to Almighty God that it has been our good fortune to witness the light of this auspicious morn.

I think people will read about anything if it's good or interesting or funny enough.

A heavenly awe overshadowed and encompassed, as it still ought, and must, all earthly business whatsoever.

If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff.

We want to have a spontaneous adventure. You can't plan an adventure, or it ceases to be one.