Never demean yourself by talking back to a critic, never. Write those letters to the editor in your head, but don't put them on paper.

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged mix of the Red Queen and a Flamingo.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

The wind is us-- it gathers and remembers all our voices, then sends them talking and telling through the leaves and the fields.

Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.

I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a house, something, anyway, that belongs to me because I belong to it.

When you've got nowhere to turn, turn on the gas.

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

A man who doesn't dream is like a man who doesn't sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.

Wake up, live your life and sing the melody of your soul.

I plan for all obstacles, I prepare with care, I worry endlesslyfor the road aheadIn all this, I forgetto enjoy small momentsof my present journey

The birds of anonymity fly high above in our shared sky. Witness their beauty.

Things are so easy to do, so hard to undo.

The great advances in science usually result from new tools rather than from new doctrines.

Day's lustrous eyes grow heavy in sweet death.

I knew how to influence the people, but it's really just one vote. But the party is being handled in a very good way .

Make no mistake about it. The first man who will walk on the moon has already been born. I hope in America.

To me the work is so much more interesting, the parts that don't require you just to take your shirt off.

You should neither play bad compositions, nor, unless compelled, listen to them.