The first thing that distinguishes a writer is that he is most alive when alone.

Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.

Religious belief is without reason and without dignity, and its record is near-universally dreadful.

Probably human cruelty is fixed and eternal. Only styles change.

My life looked good on paper - where, in fact, almost all of it was being lived.

When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable

Closure is a greasy little word which, moreover, describes a nonexistent condition. The truth, Venus, is that nobody gets over anything.

Perhaps there are other bits of my life that would take on content, take on shadow, if only I read more and thought less about money.

When you’ve lost all your play, guess what love becomes. Work. Work that gets harder every hour.

Love is blind; but it makes you see the blind man; teetering on the roadside . . .

Every 10 years you're a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They're full of new rewards.

The Future is, of all things, the thing least like eternity. It is the most temporal part of time--for the Past is frozen and no longer flows, and the Present is all lit up with eternal rays.

Why, if you only knew the secrets to which I'm p

I've never been to the gym. I do nothing.

If you're talking to a child, you're going, 'This is the wonder of science and here's why I'm so fascinated by it.'

How you ever gonna know if you're the best? How you ever gonna know what you believe in, if you don't put it to the test?

Let us not mourn that such men died, but rejoice that such men lived.

My partner has to have good sized bones.

Content marketing represents the gap between what brands produce and what consumers actually want.

Think with your heart. See with your heart. Hear with your heart. Feel with your heart. Act with your hear. Speak with your heart. For love is the highest, most powerful, durable human capacity.

I have always considered myself an artist and painting was the first medium that I claimed.