The Golden Age of Secularism has passed.

As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.

The songs of separation Are not always full of painOften they talk of the fondnessThat flows in the lovers’ veins…

I have as little fear that God will damn a man that has charity as I hope that the priests can save one who has not.

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

In all the world, you are what I love the most.

Joy in what we do is not an added feature; it is a sign of deep health.

Noah, from 'The Young Lions' (1958), was the best performance of my life. I couldn't have given more of myself. I'll never be able to do it again. Never.

Many poets write as if they had been decerebrated, and not simply lobotomized, as a cure for their melancholia.

When I get intimate with my paintings, it's a real good spiritual thing to get off my chest. Same as playing the instruments is a great release.

Today's meters are little computers.