Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.

Hate is a lack of imagination.

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.

A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.

People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations

In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

I'm not sure why it is, but I love food more than just about anything else.

It matters to me that I feel loved by the universe - and I do.

I am my own person. What I'm doing, I'm happy with it. I'm doing what I want to.

I know what we do is right but right doesn't always mean easy.

I shall start at the beginning. Though of coarse, the beginning is never where you think it is.

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

I usually write songs when I'm in a car by myself and it's usually dangerous because I'm writin' and drivin' at the same time.

There's no bad luck, There's just the luck you've found.

I don't have hard numbers about this, but the impression I get is that the amount of eyeballs you get from being on the humor shelf at Barnes & Noble - it is almost insignificant.

I think people who are attracted to the fashion industry are people who are really insecure and looking for a certain identity.