The artist's job? To be a miracle worker: make the blind see, the dull feel, the dead to live.

To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely mysterious. But the stupid have an answer for every question.

The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.

Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.

Be the gardener of gratitude to grow flowers of happiness in your garden.

One good thing about lovers is that they don't take up much room on public transport.

I liked comedy, but didn't know it was something you could do for a living. I actually wanted to be an attorney.

I had never even thought I'd be an actress - I was supposed to be a lawyer. But the motivation is the same: when you act, you defend a role; you have to be convincing. It's the same career.

I regret things all the time. I've never regretted not saying something. I've only regretted saying something.

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

Your website is the window of your business. Keep it fresh, keep it exciting.

I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic.

Some lesser husbands built a latrine on the hillside.

Start copying what you love. Copy copy copy copy. At the end of the copy you will find your self.