Morale is when your hands and feet keep on working when your head says it can't be done.

May God grant his grace for all people.

Art is a game. Poetry as well. At the end of the day, you either know how to play it or not.

He who does not know his past cannot make the best of his present and future, for it is from the past that we learn.

Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect shall not be infringed by his neighbours. This right flows from the very nature of man.

My wife really pushed me in that direction, to write my own songs and start singing, so I think having the whole family thing is such a huge thing.

The happiness and unhappiness of men depends as much on their ethics as on fortune.

I have good relationships with Hillary Clinton, Joseph Biden and especially Richard Holbrooke - he is my teacher. I learned a lot of great things from him.

A butterfly flitting from flower to flower ever remains mine, I lose the one that is netted by me.

You can't do science in a novel, but you can do philosophy. Or, if you're really lucky, you can manage to pose a question in such a way that other people will take it on.

I buy my Avengers tickets. But I think people are going to really get into seeing this other side of the world.