My job is essentially that of an entertainer, no different to that of a musician, no different to that of an actor. I just happen to be an author.

Love is energy: it can neither be created nor destroyed. It just is and always will be, giving meaning to life and direction to goodness... Love will never die.

Dare your genius to walk the wildest unknown ways.

Never take advice from a donkey.

Always listen to yourself... It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention.

I learned that in each of us there burns a flame of independence that must never be allowed to go out. That as long as it exists within us we cannot be destroyed.

Racism does not diminish with brains, it's a disease, a sickness, it may incubate in ignorance but it doesn't necessarily disappear with the gaining of wisdom!

One thing is certain in life. Just when things are going well, soon afterward they are certain to go wrong. It's just the way things are meant to be.

When men can be made to hope, then they can be made to win.

Words are like diamonds. Polish them too much, and all you get are pebbles.

It's good to be a little frightened. It's good to respect your opponent. It keeps you sharp. In the fight game, the head rules the heart. But in the end the heart is the boss.

When we disempower women we actually corrupt the world.

I don't write to escape reality, but to show others how to better embrace it. ~ KAL

If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster

Frankly, I had enjoyed the war… and why do people want peace if the war is so much fun?

In my practice as a psychiatrist, I have found that helping people to develop personal goals has proved to be the most effective way to help them cope with problems.

Sooner or later, a society of sheep must create a government of wolves.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets.

I loved performing every week, but all of the activities and amazing people we met when we were not filming stick out to me the most.

When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!