Listen, all creeping things, the bell of transience.

In the cherry blossom's shade there's no such thing as a stranger.

Giddy grasshopper Take care...do not leap and crush These pearls of dewdrop

What a strange thing! to be alive beneath cherry blossoms.

Carrying a poppy he passes through the quarrel.

Reflected in the dragonfly's eye -- mountains.

In spring rain a pretty girl yawning.

Don't worry, spiders, I keep house casually.

O snail Climb Mount Fuji But slowly, slowly!

Summer night-- even the stars are whispering to each other.

Arise from sleep, old cat, And with great yawns and stretchings... Amble out for love

Rejection isn't a sign of failure. Rejection is a reminder that there's always room for improvement.

Inspiration does not come like a bolt nor is it kinetic energy striving but it comes to us slowly and quietly and all the time.

People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster.

Family life itself, that safest, most traditional, most approved of female choices, is not a sanctuary: It is, perpetually, a dangerous place.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

The person who is to succeed will never let his mind dwell on past mistakes. He will forgive the past in his life and in the lives of other people. If he makes a mistake he will at once forgive it.

What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait

Celebrities are fun, but you don't really get a lot out of them. It's not like they're going to sit and tell you the most interesting thing, unless you're friends with them.

The concept of life and perfection is incompatible. BUT so is death and perfection

I was raised in a climate where I believed in God because I was afraid of going to hell - and I didn't think that was the right way to fall in love with somebody.