The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.

Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.

I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who.

A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition

Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.

This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.

If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son.

I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.

There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.

Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.

From time to time, one must release the grime built up inside them to to free their emotions like the ocean.

‎I have panicked unnecessarily in all four corners of the globe.

Take your life out of high gear and disengage the autopilot mode. Try living mindfully and avoid the pattern of living in a reactive manner.

If you kill a character people feel sad. That's too easy.

Writing doesn't come easily to me. It gets more and more difficult.

I would love to learn how to air kiss non-awkwardly.

Ninety-five percent of the time when I run a contest I've purchased the giveaway prizes with advertising money.

We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.

Public education is so important - resisting privatization and charterization, high-stakes testing, and defunding. It's important for New York, but it's also important for the country.