Recipe for the upbringing of a poet: 'As much neurosis as the child can bear.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Water is the soul of the Earth.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die.

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.

Herds of reindeer move across Miles and miles of golden moss

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

Few people take an interest in Iceland, but in those few the interest is passionate.

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

They might not like your uniqueness, but as long as you are happy with your inner-self, you should never dare to change your life to please them.

Don't worry if your "you" is small and your rewards are few: Remember that the mighty oak was once a nut like you.

I use a lot of film images, analogies, and imagination.

I become faint and nauseous during even very minor medical procedures, such as making an appointment by phone.

It is, I guess, politically correct, widely believed, that to say that American health care is the best in the world. It's not.

In football, day in day out, you always have to show your worth.

An incredibly high percentage of successful entrepreneurs are dyslexic. That's one of the little-known facts.

I have to practice to be good at guitar. I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.

Why pretend to be something you're not? If you have to be someone, be someone no one else is.

Lady, you know no rules of charity, Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses.