In the artist's recreation of the world we are enabled to see the world.

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all.

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his education.

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community.

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.

The cynic says, "One man can't do anything". I say, "Only one man can do anything."

If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are.

Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.

Enjoy the simple, the natural and the plain. Along with that comes the ability to do things spontaneously and have them work.

Flowers are the fastest way to a woman's heart. Well, actually, the fastest way is through her rib cage, but flowers are a lot less messy.

I like the simple things. I don't know why. I'm that way. I came from a simple place.

While beer brings gladness, don't forget That water only makes you wet!

Judge if you want, we are all going to die. I intend to deserve it.

Don't think you have to be solemn to meditate. To meditate, well, you have to smile a lot.

Picasso said art is a lie that tells the truth. What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it?

I realized than an author cannot also be a producer.

Film work can be tedious and sort of all over the place, especially when you have a family and you're going off and doing things somewhere else.