There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight

The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.

The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture.

The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth.

As a bathtub lined with white porcelain, When the hot water gives out or goes tepid, So is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion, O my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady.

The ant's a centaur in his dragon world.

All great art is born of the metropolis.

'Tis the white stag, Fame, we're a-hunting, bid the world's hounds come to horn!

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.

Stop thinking. Start Dreaming.

Well, I guess in all honesty I would have to say that I never knew nor did I ever hear of anybody that money didnt change.

Deliberation often loses a good chance.

What is understood by republican government in the United States is the slow and quiet action of society upon itself.

Martha Stewart contributes more to our civility than the Baptist Church.

There’s no such thing as perfection, and life is not a race.

Let no one trust so entirely to natural prudence as to persuade himself that it will suffice to guide him without help from experience.

Comics were going down for the second time and here, all of a sudden, came this thing and for the next fifteen years, romance comics were about the top sellers in the field; they outsold everything.

If I've made it a little easier for artists to work in violence, great! I've accomplished something.

My sister is 16 and I tell her to take risks. Really explore and meet as many people as you can. Do as much as you can before reality kicks in. Have fun.