[To W.R. Hearst:] Love is not always created at the altar. Love doesn't need a wedding ring.

an imitator is always a poor example.

To me, Venice and Ocean Park were gaiety. I had not been allowed to go to those things as a youngster.

When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines upon you.

No matter how advanced its progress, any generation that neglects its spiritual and moral life is going to disintegrate.

Those who consider the inessential to be essential And see the essential as inessential Don't reach the essential, Living in the field of wrong intention

We tried to make a heaven of earth, But the earth is just a stage, a school, Where we wear our masks and play our rolesAnd teach each other how to love.

Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.

I read everything of Ray Bradbury when I was 12 or 13, and I think that's the most effective time to read Bradbury. He built such a moral world, where you have to make decisions and grow up.

Everything in this life has a purpose, there are no mistakes, no coincidences.

There are people who are known to be very liberal, yet they never give without scolding or pride or even insolence.

Humor tells you where the trouble is.

We walked along the river with the words streaming behind us like ribbons in the night.