It is one of the triumphs of the human that he can know a thing and still not believe it.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

Get rid of all baggage of your past. You don't need this extra load. It can only slow you down and hold you back.

Every story must have such a terrible moment, or it wouldn't be interesting.

[Obamacare] was going to be the Republicans' big issue, and they're not talking about it because it's working.

The observation of nature is part of an artist's life, it enlarges his form [and] knowledge, keeps him fresh and from working only by formula, and feeds inspiration.

Love is always open arms.

I feel like I am not an American in the eyes of my government because of their religious beliefs. I think that is un-American.

It is fatal to decide, intellectually, what good poetry is because you are then in honour bound to try to write it, instead of the poems that only you can write.

Be brutally honest about the short term and optimistic and confident about the long term.

Fanatics do not have faith - they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling.

My real last name is Galifianakisburg.