People like you to be something, preferably what they are.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

Every nation has the government that it deserves.

I've always wanted to do non-comedies, I've always done dramas, comedies, music, and I always like to bop around and do different things.

Writing has made me a better man. It has put me in contact with those fleeting moments which prove the existence.

That's all managing is: just coming up with the right questions and getting the right answers.

Changing the story until you believe it.

If wishes were horses, beggars might ride.

Inspiration without action is really entertainment. So while something can be very inspiring it is not transformative until you actually do something with it.

I'll work every day to try to make Washington, D.C., as inconsequential in your life as I can.

People are mean to each other.

The phantasmagoria, the actual experience that we try to understand and organize through narrative, varies from place to place. No single narrative serves the needs of everyone everywhere.