Imagination is the will of things. . . .

True villains are extremely photogenic.

All the great things have been denied and we live in an intricacy of new and local mythologies, political, economic, poetic, which are asserted with an ever-enlarging incoherence.

The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The imagination is one of the forces of nature.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.

I do not know which to prefer - The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling Or just after.

It is not everyday that the world arranges itself into a poem.

Art lovers ought to be crazy.That's how they see the fun side of everything.

People don't always express their inner thoughts to one another; a conversation may be quite trivial, but often the eyes will reveal what a person really thinks or feels.

Do I play tennis? Man, I had one of the baddest overhead rights of anyone. Bam!

The government usually announces it killed a Big Terrorist 5 or 6 different times before they're dead - they're almost like cats.

Happiness is not based on possessions, power or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect.

Fine writers should split hairs together, and sit side by side, like friendly apes, to pick the fleas from each others fur.

The Department of Defense took 40 years to get where it got.

An artist should remain true. Otherwise his talent, like his stomach, grows fat and stuffy.

Your actions toward others are your bank deposit. It's easy to be good to nice people, but try to be caring to everyone. It is a test.

I only ever wanted to be an actress, not a star.