The real reason Milton went blind was to avoid reading unsolicited manuscripts.

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

Normal is the average of deviance.

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.

While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, "Man", And its hero the Conqueror Worm.

When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.

Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things which differ and the difference of things which are alike.

The problem with lethargy is that doing nothing validates the fear that nothing can be done.

I watch everybody every night, from sitting down to being on their feet at the end, and I feel a sense of reinvention, of caring, presenting these songs in their purest form.

I look around my life and it's hard to believe that music has given me all that I have.

It is a common error to imagine that to be stirring and voluble in a worthy cause is to be good and to do good.

Is it more important to make sure that you have another Clinton or a woman in the White House than it is to have somebody who is a morally sound character and judgment?

We were also fortunate enough to engage in our service a Canadian Frenchmen, who had been with the Chayenne Indians on the Black mountains, and last summer descended thence by the Little Missouri.

What I love is the writing, it's not having written. I like the process of it.

Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle produce more milk than our own.

Can't pick and choose when you're gonna be a leader. If you're gonna be it - gotta do it every day.