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

[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.

A library is more precious than a bank.

Humans have wandered the Earth for thousands of years but never has our capacity to alter the Earth’s ecosystem at a larger scale been more prominent than it is today.

The modern cheap and fertile press, with all its translations, has done little to bring us nearer to the heroic writers of antiquity.

I just hitch up my girdle and let 'er fly.

Whenever you find yourself becoming angry or jealous, try to see good quality in the person. You will suddenly be thinking a higher thought and that will elevate you.

Nothing grows well without space and air.

What attracts me are free and sensual curves. The curves we find in mountains, in the waves of the sea, in the body of the woman we love.

OK, boss, I don't mind shuffling, but I won't scratch my head.

There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.

No matter how tired or stressed you are, just by getting dressed and rolling your sleeves up, you can accomplish almost anything.