In the first place, you’re way off when you start railing at things and people instead of at yourself.

Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.

She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.

One day a long time from now you'll cease to care anymore whom you please or what anybody has to say about you. That's when you'll finally produce the work you're capable of.

Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.

I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake.

And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.

The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.

The world is surely wide enough to walk without fear.

I'm a real romantic.

It’s only useful to ask, what wisdom have you learned from your misjudgments that will help you going forward?

Pity arises when we are sorry for someone.Compassion is when we understand and help wisely.

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

There is no Algorithm for Humor

Reacting to the world with a smile instead of a curse, a wave instead of the middle finger, will actually help you live longer.

No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything to his own advantage. Thou must live for another, if thou wishest to live for thyself.

I love the history of the sport, I love the culture that surrounds it, and I never dreamed I'd become a fanatic. I'm such a fanatic now that I'm committed to competing.

European and American values do not fully coincide.