The difficulty with pragmatic arguments for a religion is that truths do not always "work", and beliefs that "work" are by no means always true.

Don't look so far, when it is so near.

I prefer to be the first to be wrong than to be the last to be right

I have forgiven all the old actors for dying. A new one comes on with the same lines, like large white growths, in his mouth. The dancers come on from the wings, perfectly mated.

I could sell used battery acid and make it fly.

I think film is a world of directors. Theater is a world of actors.

War is evitable if conditions are such that the costs of making war are higher than the benefits.

Before, for me, peace could have been synonymous with boredom.

Truthfulness is a cornerstone in character, and if it be not firmly laid in youth, there will ever after be a weak spot in the foundation.

Composing for the prepared piano is not a criticism of the instrument. I'm only being practical.

Jack Kerouac did what he most wanted to do. He wrote great prose. He became the writer he wanted to be.