Once you start something, finish it. Don't accumulate a backlog of unfinished projects.

The scarlet of the maples can shake me like a cry Of bugles going by. And my lonely spirit thrills To see the frosty asters like a smoke upon the hills.

Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is art.

Success doesn't mean the absence of failures; it means the attainment of ultimate objectives.

what doesn't kill you not only make you stronger, but also more honest.

You must lose yourself if you want to be successful in animation and be the character.

Over the shoulders and slopes of the dune I saw the white daisies go down to the sea, A host in the sunshine, an army in June, The people God sends us to set our heart free.

I took a day to search for God, And found Him not. But as I trod By rocky ledge, through woods untamed, Just where one scarlet lily flamed, I saw His foot print in the sod.

Happiness is an inside job.

[Happiness is] a ghost, it’s a shadow. You can’t really chase it. It’s a by-product, a very pleasant side effect to a life lived well.

There is something in the autumn that is native to my blood- Touch of manner, hint of mood; And my heart is like a rhyme, With the yellow and the purple and the crimson keeping time.

I am not cruel —only truthful.

I write description in longhand because that's hardest for me and you're closer to the paper when you work by hand, but I use the typewriter for dialogue because people speak like a typewriter works.

Old books that we have known but not possessed cross our path and invite themselves over. New books try to seduce us daily with tempting titles and tantalizing covers.

The eventual place the American army should take on the western front was to a large extent influenced by the vital question of communication and supply.

I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention.

Gaiety is often the reckless ripple over depths of despair.

Italy's youngsters complain, apparently, about having to live at home until they are 72 but that's because they spend all their money on suits and coffee and Alfa Romeos rather than mortgages.

The Lord of Dreams learns that one must change or die, and makes his decision

I was talking to Donna Karan at an event and she said, "You know, Ralph, I still don't feel rich."

Two went to pray? Better to say one went to brag, the other to pray.