It was a day as different from other days as dogs are from cats and both of them from chrysanthemums or tidal waves or scarlet fever.

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.

Taking on challenging projects is the way that one grows and extends one's range as a writer, one's technical command, so I consider the time well-spent

the flip side of success is fear. And fear is the devil. And success is the devil's dope.

Nobody is so heartily despised as a pusillanimous, lazy, good-for-nothing, land-lubber; a sailor has no bowels of compassion for him.

Government jobs are not an addition to the country's payroll; they are an increase in the nation's payload.

Reading is a pleasure, but to finish reading, to come to the blank space at the end, is also a pleasure.

What I enjoy most about going out on stage is seeing all my fans react to my music.

I've never seen a schedule where you just go in two hours almost every day of the week and then all day on one day. Then you shoot it at night with an audience and you're out of there.

If you want to manage somebody, manage yourself. Do that well and you'll be ready to stop managing. And start leading.

I write every day. Writing is a necessity - like eating.

The truth of art keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps art from becoming ridiculous.