It makes people nervous for one to step out of one's role.

Bourbon does for me what the piece of cake did for Proust.

You live in a deranged age, more deranged than usual because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.

Where there is chance of gain, there is also chance of loss. Whenever one courts great happiness, one also risks malaise.

To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something.

In this world goodness is destined to be defeated. But a man must go down fighting. That is the victory. To do anything less is to be less than a man.

We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their face away.

I like to eat crawfish and drink beer. That's despair?

In a word, the consumer of mass culture is lonely, not only lonely, but spiritually impoverished.

Fiction doesn’t tell us something we don’t know, it tells us something we know but don’t know that we know.

Lucky is the man who does not secretly believe that every possibility is open to him.

If you're going through hell, keep going

I'm not someone who sits at home and doesn't like to go out, doesn't like to watch movies. I like to live my life.

Depiction can override truth the same way that memory can override experience.

The most important opinion you'll ever have is the one you hold of yourself.

That Bible is read best, which is practised most.

Parents test our patience more than anyone else...Being around them keeps you in check...that's what keeps you humbled.

Perception can be changed

I believe we have to bring Broadway a little Latino flair. We have to keep it alive.

What we honor as prudence in our elders is simply panic in action.

Understanding variation is the key to success in quality and business.