Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.

where are the snowdens of yesteryear?

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.

[They] agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.

Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.

You know, that might be the answer - to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That's a trick that never seems to fail.

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.

But how can one be warm alone?

I never said I love you because I knew he would understand it differently. I loved him, and I still do, but it was as a chapter. It wasn’t as a fairytale ending.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Because I've lived in one room my entire life, working at the same table that you use to pay bills at and eat at. It's going to be nice to have actual space.

A sailor may choose the wind to ride out of seaport, but the wind has a mind of it's own.

You should be able to have good matches against anybody.

I would say chemistry between two people is very powerful. You have to fight to keep it, but if you don't have it, you can't manufacture it.

Forbearance is a form of generosity.

I know, you love me and soon you will see, you were meant for me and I was meant for you

If you ask me to play myself, I will not know what to do. I do not know who or what I am.

A vein of poetry exists in the hearts of all men.