There is only one world the world pressing against you this minute.

Lord, if there is a heartache Vienna cannot cure I hope never to feel it. I came home cured of everything except Vienna.

The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle, which is exactly what it is: a miracle and unrepeatable.

Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.

Surprise will be my last emotion, not fear.

Sadistic literature is not only inhumane. It is anti-human.

For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received.

Hope is a talent like any other.

Only one person in a thousand knows the trick of really living in the present.

You can't argue with a raging want. You can, but it is useless.

She did not so much cook as assassinate food.

Negative people feed off of your anger, let them starve.

I had already learned from more than a decade of political life that I was going to be criticized no matter what I did so I might as well be criticized for something I wanted to do.

We need a war every 10 years, so we can stay match fit in case the Germans try again.

I don't think you can separate a person's "style" and his persona. If you're writing or improvising honestly, you will inevitably reflect who you are.

Where there is creativity, there is hope.

Pets require feeding, training, affection and exercise, but in return they offer unconditional love and companionship.

My brother is an excellent songwriter, and I play guitar and drums.

You cant reach old age by another man's road, my habits protect my life but they would assassinate you

My temperament is not geared to that of a novelist.

For tolls too briefly the sounds of mercy... In fear we ponder the use of thunder for peace