The majority of great men are the offspring of unhappy marriages.

No radical change on the plane of history is possible without crime.

It is hardly possible to estimate how many marriages fail to prosper or are actually ruined because the man lacks any inkling of the art of love.

To be whole simply requires paying attention to oneself

Being poet is my choicesless choice.

Luck is just the result of a positive mental attitude.

Skill to do comes of doing.

There is, in fact, not much point in writing a novel unless you can show the possibility of moral transformation, or an increase in wisdom, operating in your chief character or characters.

Our lives can change with every breath we take.

When you see Liana [Liberato], who at the time was 14, there is an inexperience and innocence that you can't act and you can't fake.

Private property implies exclusivity, inequality, and difference.

If you're not satisfied with your life, it's time to invent a new one.

Combine a certain amount of indifference with your ambition. Be carefully careless. If you don't succeed today, there is always tomorrow.