Praxiteles borrowed the better elements of a hundred imperfect models in order to create a masterpiece.

Nature is fun to study, but style is everything.

When one does something, one must go back to the ancients.

We are metered only by our own machines, while the book is a clock that forgets her machanics.

Hollywood is a community that's so inbred, it's a wonder the children have any teeth.

There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.

Failure isn't fatal, and success isn't final.

I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had been published, and you cannot imagine how quickly a void was created around me

What I love about lyrics is that they don't have to be very complicated. A good sentence over a great chord with a good melody - all you need is that one moment.

There is no such thing as a true tale. Truth has many faces and the truth is like to the old road to Avalon; it depends on your own will, and your own thoughts, whither the road will take you.

People think living in your parents' basement until you're twenty-nine is lame. But what they don't realize is that while you're there, you save money on rent, food, and dates.

The ghost of a smile flickered across his lips. ‘You’re always the voice of reason. Just try listening to yourself once in a while.

I love to watch movies and play cricket.