It wasn't his, it wasn't my fault, we both had nothing except patience, but Death has none. I saw him come (how meanly!)and I watched him as he took and took:none of it I could claim as mine.

You have to get lost before you can be found.

You have a certain charm, believe it or not. That, and you feed me.

It is not giving up, it is accepting. And the light will enter. Always does.

A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.

I sure lost my musical direction in Hollywood. My songs were the same conveyer belt mass production, just like most of my movies were.

One of my sisters is physically and mentally handicapped. She took a lot of my parents' attention, so I grew up in my own world, playing in my room for hours and hours.

Poetry should be vital--either stirring our blood by its divine movements or snatching our breath by its divine perfection. To do both is supreme glory, to do either is enduring fame.

I grew up with the concept of freedom of speech. So I'm too old, it's too late for me to adjust to the new world, the new world order.

How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!

Ender Wiggin must believe that no matter what happens, no adult will ever, ever step in to help him in any way.