The notion of making money by popular work, and then retiring to do good work, is the most familiar of all the devil's traps for artists.

The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.

Don't tell friends their social faults; they will cure the fault and never forgive you.

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

Eat with the rich, but go to the play with the poor, who are capable of joy.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.

Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches.

Most of the people goes mad over politics which benefits just few people

Never take someone for granted based on your perception and act on it, for that would yield in ultimate disaster!

I really feel there's no limitation on what this band can do in the studio or on the stage. That's an empowering feeling - that we can bring a song to life.

I do not believe in a religion that cannot wipe out the widow's tears or bring a piece of bread to the orphan's mouth.

Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away.

Satan's greatest success is in making people think they have plenty of time before they die to consider their eternal welfare.

I've never been a big gore guy.

We are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt.

But every day I tell my story, and be comfortable with my story and be comfortable with what I've done, and what I did, and how I am today, it lessens the likelihood it will ever happen.

One must bear in mind the odd angle or slant that the rays of love have to take in order to reach a heart like mine.