Now it is characteristic of play that one plays without reason and there must be no reason for it. Play is its own good reason.

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.

Happiness has always seemed like a bluebird, and consists of moments.

A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.

Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.

I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Writers are often given the gift of being spectacularly unhappy, so that they can record the full depth of feeling.

When I'm playing with circular saws, I'm offline (though often listening to podcasts) and when I sit in the cabin to read or write, it's wonderful to be offline for a few hours at a time.

Quit thy childhood, my friend, and wake up!

I prefer to do things by myself, but I always bring in people who inspire me.

If I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don’t believe in it.

In fact, I think every book I've written has been inspired by a real event.

I'd rather be insane with you than sane without you. - Jake to Lydia

You have to choose love ... in the most difficult of time to shift the paradigm to that which is love.

I am not confident unless I am playing someone else.

We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values.