Let ancient times delight other folk, I rejoice that I was not born till now.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

Everyday nature is drawing a new picture just to keep herself alive and pretty.

Life goes on just like summer goes to rain. But remember there will always be a rainbow after the rain. Always.

The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers. Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.

I took the song The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face from a folk singer called Bonnie Dobson. I knew her and she had a record with that track on it.

Everything begins and ends at exactly the right time and place.

You want to suggest something new, but at the same time, resolve the drama of the action in the novel.

All of the life-changing awesome words and pictures and ideas inside your library are useless without just one word outside your library: Open.

On both 'The Bachelor' and 'The Bachelorette,' it seems like proposing marriage is equivalent to saying, 'Let's date.' Everyone knows those aren't the same things.

My plan is to have a theatre in some small town or something and I'll be manager. Ill be the crazy old movie guy.

You go through spells where you feel that maybe you're too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt that.