The coldest depth of Hell is reserved for people who abandon kittens.

A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.

It seems to me that any law that is not enforced and can't be enforced weakens all other laws.

You need to stop this defeatist aura around you. When you project sadness, you push people away.

Do not turn to prayer only in times of grief, suffering and rage. Make prayer a habit whether you are blissful or sorrowful, serene or upset, clear or confused.

Father, you are asking me to sacrifice the only girl I love so you can openly have the woman you love.

Anything that lives here has to be just as harsh and determined as the sun, born of a fiery stubbornness that is either extremely brave or extremely stupid.

America beats on you so hard the whole time. You are constantly being pummeled by other people's rights and their sense of patriotism.

Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.

I'm a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor.

The last time I saw you I was trying to throw thumbtacks into your cradle!

Every year, I'm depressed that so few of the documentaries I've loved break through.

When enough people agree on something, I'd be an idiot, if I didn't listen.