The worst cynicism a belief in luck.

Memory blurs, that's the point. If memory didn't blur you wouldn't have the fool's courage to do things again, again, again, that tear you apart.

Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.

I never change, I simply become more myself.

How lovely this world is, really: one simply has to look.

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.

Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.

Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst.

See, people come into your life for a reason. They might not know it themselves, why. You might not know it. But there's a reason. There has to be

Be your own editor/critic. Sympathetic but merciless!

Every painting tells a story.

In the long run, greater investment would mean greater productivity and income growth.

Writing is simply something you must do. It's rather like virtue in that it is its own reward.

If I had to perform in a comedy club I would bomb; I would be trying too hard.

We must certainly acknowledge that solitude is a fine thing; but it is a pleasure to have some one who can answer, and to whom we can say, from time to time, that solitude is a fine thing.

I did see LES MIZ and I thought it was just incredible. Totally incredible. I love CHICAGO, too.

To know a little of anything gives neither satisfaction nor credit, but often brings disgrace or ridicule.

The certain mark by which a Christian community can be recognized is the preaching of the gospel in its purity.

Yoga has spread harmony between man and nature. It is a holistic approach to health and wellbeing.

A song ain't why people kill cops.