The one thing that unifies men in a given age is not their individual philosophies but the dominant problem that these philosophies are designed to solve.

Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti.

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them how it feels to be alive, for life is washed in the speechless real.

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers

Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred.

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.

The truth is, when all is said and done, one does not teach a subject, one teaches a student how to learn it.

If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age.

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game - and do it by watching first some high school or small-town teams.

Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.

I was meticulously copying other art and then I realized I could just use a camera and put my time into an idea instead.

I was a writer before 'Eat, Pray, Love,' and I'll be a writer after it's over. It's what I want to do for the rest of my life.

Systems of morals are only a sign-language of the emotions.

I don't really collect anything. I mean, if I see a piece of Moxie soda memorabilia, I'll probably buy it. I'm a sucker for regional soda brands and forgotten histories and that sort of thing.

If knowledge is my God, doubt would be my religion.

After all, life is not a Hindi movie.

In the future, if nuclear weapons are unleashed there will be no front and no rear.

I really enjoy creating music onstage, to participate in making music live.

It is to believed because it is absurd.

In every real actor, there is a need to feel for a few hours like the center of the world. Egocentrismo, we say in Italian.