To believe everything is to be an imbecile. To deny everything is to be a fool.

Literature is the expression of society.

Such days of autumnal decline hold a strange mystery which adds to the gravity of all our moods.

After owning books, almost the next best thing is talking about them.

The winter will be long and bleak. Nature has a dismal aspect.

There is something marvelously soft in the study of nature which attaches a name to every being, a thought to every name, affection and memories to every thought.

Our years, our debts, and our enemies are always more numerous than we imagine.

But if what interests you are stories of the fantastic, I must warn you that this kind of story demands more art and judgment than is ordinarily imagined.

Do not be alarmed if they look paler than the other maidens of Greece. They are scarcely of this Earth, and seem to be shaking off the sleep of a past life.

It is wrong to kill anyone. It is wrong to kill those who kill. It is wrong to kill the executioner. The laws on murder must be killed!

I want to go and write music that announces to you that you can feel something. I don’t want to tell you what to feel, but I just want you to have the possibility of feeling something.

Be cheerful and hopeful.

We have only this moment sparkling like a star in our hand ... and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late.

The dreams you craft at the level of your soul are very different from goals, which are tangible, measurable and set the future.

I don't think that artists of any kind would or could sacrifice their artistic freedom by being more responsible with their influence on people, especially young people.

We do not know what we see, but we see what we know.

May I be at peace. May I awaken to the light of my own true nature. May I be healed and may I be the source of healing for others.

Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence.

You don't retire from the movies. The movies retire you.

I am willing to do whatever is necessary to succeed.