To be an artist at all is like living in Switzerland during a world war. To be an artist in Zurich, in 1917, implies a degree of self-absorption that would have glazed over the eyes of Narcissus.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life.

Words are sacred. If you get the right ones in the right order you can nudge the world a little.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

Give us this day our daily mask.

Atheism is a crutch for those who cannot bear the reality of God.

It's no trick loving somebody at their best. Love is loving them at their worst.

If you don't think too good, don't think too much.

A true writer should be able to write about any color. It's the story they tell that should affect people, not the race.

Where a mediocre mind finds adversity, a great mind finds great opportunity.

When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always.

Not all who seem to fail have failed indeed. Not all who fail have therefore worked in vain. There is no failure for the good and brave.

Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and to the left.

Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.

Once you start thinking about growth of economy, it's hard to think about anything else.

See, that’s the difference,” Mauvin said. “I suffer a loss and people console me. Royce suffers a loss and whole towns evacuate.

BRICS should be driven by 'People to People' contact. It should explore developing innovative mechanisms of Youth engagement.