Love and self are one and the discovery of either is the realization of both

To love oneself is to struggle to rediscover and maintain your uniqueness

When man has love he is no longer at the mercy of forces greater than himself, for he, himself, becomes the powerful force

Man created words to free himself

Joys circular fulfillment was so persistent, when I was weak it gave me strength.

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.

Helen Mirren is like the sexiest woman on the planet to me. She is. Just the way she goes about everything.

You say: "I'm a blue sky thinker." Investor thinks: "You have no business model, and you don't know how to ship."

I even went so far as to become a Southern Baptist for a while, until I realized that they didn't hold 'em under long enough.

Silk and Shadows is something else. Like brilliant. It got under my skin as very, very few books have. It's still under my skin. Mikhal was haunting.

People really want to see what I'm up to, and that's crazy. It's a really lovely feeling. It's kind of scary, but a good scary. It's a lovely position to be in.

Every man's occupation should be beneficial to his fellow-man as well as profitable to himself. All else is vanity and folly.

People may go to the library looking mainly for information, but they find each other there.

It is much more exquisite to be blown from the tree as a flower than to be shaken down as a shriveled and bitter fruit.