She would have liked to sit upon a rock and listen to words, not of any man, but detached, mysterious, poetic words that she alone would interpret through some sense inherited from sleep.

Life is full of alternatives but no choice.

If truth is not acceptable, it becomes the imagination of others.

To understand the stars would spoil their appearance.

Because he had nothing to hide, he did perhaps appear to have forfeited a little of his strength. But that is the irony of honesty.

I expect we are all jealous of the women in their past, but how much less exciting if the women had not kept the bed warm.

If I have not lost my mind I can sometimes hear it preparing to defect

Mrs. Trotter made a sincere though wrong sound, while opening her handbag to look for help.

His legend will be written down, eventually, by those who are troubled by it.

But the purpose and nature are never clearly revealed. Human behaviour is a series of lunges, of which, it is sometimes sensed, the direction is inevitable.

The map? I will first make it.

Endeavour to explore the surrounding world, try to do your best and jump over you head, only in that case you'll achieve a result.

Having kids is very difficult to do on your own, and it's really crazy difficult to think you're doing it as a team and to find out that you're not actually part of a team.

A garden is an awful responsibility. You never know what you may be aiding to grow in it.

He don't debate he concentrate on survivin' He don't like to drive if he's been drinkin' But he'll drink while he's drivin' He's the dude

I'm going to be as big as Sinatra.

I've tried to be a straight scientist doing the science and reporting it as best I can.

Now that I am dead, I know everything.

It took me 40 years to find out that painting is not sculpture.

I'm at the point in my life when I'm ready to have a baby. Something real in a crazy world.

Twitter seems like a busman's holiday: just more writing. I have no plans to do it. I'll just stick with my 24/7 webcam. I'm old-fashioned that way.