They've named the well after you.""How did they know my name?""They don't. They invented one.

Which do you hate more: breaking your word or dying?""I don't know. I've never done either.

There are no perfectly honorable men

The writer's silent mind is a period of intermission before orchestrating a symphony of words.

As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum.

In education, as in religion and love, compulsion thwarts the purpose for which it is employed.

I really, really love new work, and that's why, you know, I produced a concert series supporting new musicals and stuff like that. I hope to do more things like that.

I don't encourage socialists or anarchists to accept falsehoods, in particular, to see revolutionary potential where there is none.

If it were in my power, I would be wiser; but a newly felt power carries me off in spite of myself; love leads me one way, my understanding another.

Algebra is nothing more than geometry, in words; geometry is nothing more than algebra, in pictures.

Your reputation is none of your business.

The bigger the trophy, the more trivial the contest.