The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none.

Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow them.

There is nothing beautiful or sweet or great in life that is not mysterious.

The most disastrous times have produced the greatest minds. The purest metal comes of the most ardent furnace; the most brilliant lightning come of the darkest clouds.

Every institution goes through three stages - utility, privilege, and abuse.

The heart feels, the head compares.

Forests were the first temples of the Divinity, and it is in the forests that men have grasped the first idea of architecture.

Alexander created cities everywhere he passed: I have left dreams everywhere I have trailed my life.

We must not always try to plumb the depths of the human heart; the truths it contains are among those that are best seen in half-light or in perspective.

Love decreases when it ceases to increase.

Achilles exists only through Homer . Take away the art of writing from this world , and you will probably take away its glory .

It had never occurred to me that our lives, which had been so closely interwoven, could unravel with such speed.

I didn't wait to see her ship go off, because partings are stupid things and best got over quickly

A certain feeling comes from throwing your good life away, and it is one part rapture.

Matte or satin sheen scuffs up very easily. So, unless you have it professionally done, definitely paint shelves or cabinets with something with a higher sheen.

I'm not into high literature, but I think all my books are literate.

I had a background in theater as an actor, and then a photographer, and then as an experimental filmmaker and editor.

Freedom is not a concept in which people can do anything they want, be anything they can be. Freedom is about authority.

When I didn't argue he was satisfied he had persuaded me, and was not the first to make that mistake.

Computers have their own aleatoric aspect, too. They crash! But I'm a knob person. I like twiddling knobs.