The difficulty in life is the choice.

Reality can destroy the dream; why shouldn't the dream destroy reality?

The wrong way always seems the more reasonable.

Art must be parochial in the beginning to be cosmopolitan in the end.

If you want to see the sun shine you have to weather the storm.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

She liked the life she had. She loved habits. She craved a day with nothing in it, a long, quiet stretch of hours in the studio.

I don't have many deal breakers. I've done so much in my life, it doesn't feel right to judge other people.

Nature's great book is written in mathematics.

I try to work with people who you're not used to seeing in scary movies. I think it makes for a more interesting mix, when you're watching the movie.

Let's never forget what made us great as a nation. It's not diversity, it's liberty.

The dog, the rabbit and the hoop all feature in the painting, and take the place of the orrery.

The next best thing to gambling and winning is gambling and losing.

Someone in Ireland asked me how many Republican poets there were in the U.S., and I thought maybe two. Maybe there are 10,000 poets, and maybe there are two Republicans among them.