Speech should be fruitful as well as free.

After all, if freedom of speech means anything, it means a willingness to stand and let people say things with which we disagree, and which do weary us considerably.

Truth can be sifted out from falsehood only if the government is vigorously and consistently cross-examined, so that the fundamental issues of the struggle may be clearly defined

We have the right to swing our arm until it hits the other fellow's nose.

Your right to swing your arms ends just where the other man’s nose begins.

It’s a shame how much artists have to bleed for people to enjoy their work.

I decide this is just A Bad Day. We all get them, because grief doesn't care how many years it's been.

Did you wake up feeling fragile? Read the bible till you find a promise strong enough to carry you through the day.

Rich is my word for someone who can afford to make choices, who has enough resources to do more than merely survive.

What I didn't know was I was deeply attracted to the big space.

Know your literary tradition, savor it, steal from it, but when you sit down to write, forget about worshiping greatness and fetishizing masterpieces.

Beauty is the greatest of human powers. Any power without counterbalance or control becomes autocratic and leads to abuse and to folly. Despotism in a government is insanity; in woman, fantasy.

A powerful woman is someone who exudes confidence and can be tough but fair and kind. And also knows how to get what she wants.

There are two things I will never do in my life. I will never climb Mount Everest, and I will never work with Val Kilmer again. There isn't enough money in the world.

We must keep ourselves busy with finding ways to generate wealth for generations to come and work to pass down things to our children for them to pass down to their children.