To be an artist is to fail, as no other dare fail, that failure is his world and the shrink from desertion, art and craft, good housekeeping, living.

Ever Tried. Ever Failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

There's never an end for the sea.

Don't look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.

The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.

If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love.

If you don't know where you are currently standing, you're dead.

Nothing is more real than nothing.

You're on Earth. There's no cure for that.

I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.

Dear incomprehension, it's thanks to you I'll be myself, in the end.

Living is not the sole purpose of life—loving is.

There is no way to counterfeit courage

A beautiful heart, a beautiful smile.

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.

It is curious how often one prefers his enemies to his friends.

if we center our lives on BMWs, RVs, VCRs, PCs and the other acronyms of consumerism, we cannot expect our children to do otherwise.

The longing for a very garish kind of success seems as widespread among writers as among investment bankers.

The conservative argument is that the economy is like the weather, that it just operates automatically.

Before I fight, I always pray that no one gets hurt.

All fancy-sick she is and pale of cheer, with sighs of love, that costs the fresh blood dear.