There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized. Or even cured.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

There are endless opportunities in life. You have to explore, search and seek the diverse options.

Some people are hard to forget, but some people are hard to remember.

You should choose your battles if you can, but if the battle chooses you then kick the sod in his fuse box!

Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes in to us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands and hopes we've learnt something from yesterday.

What is research but a blind date with knowledge?

In Hong Kong, the directors are the idea men.

Journalism is an act of faith in the future.

He that gives a portion of his time and talent to the investigation of mathematical truth, will come to all other questions with a decided advantage over his opponents.

[Charles] Manson wanted to start a race war. Nobody said he was leading some sort of charge about white supremacy.

You start out playing in kitchens, and you end up playing in kitchens.