We recognize authority based on whether we feel we could attain authority by the rules by which the authority was obtained.

You can do anything…but before you can do anything, you have to do something.

Sometimes, if your opponent is determined to win the battle, let him win the wrong battle.

Regarding war and peace—the seed of each is planted in the other.

Regarding war and peace—the seeds of each are planted in the other.

All too often, our elegant political theories amount to nothing more than ideology triumphing over common sense.

Cooler heads prevail while things spin completely out of control.

Note from Alien cookbook: “The more intelligent the human is, the better it tastes.

If you can’t be brave in the face of adversity, at least be practical.

Amazing how too much passion in one part of your life can destroy passion in other parts of your life.

If someone tells you that they’re called “blueberries” because they’re berries and they’re blue—believe them.

I only want to write. And there's no college for that except life.

I believe in trusting men, not only once but twice - in giving a failure another chance.

You can't stop the aging process. There's only so much oil you can put on your body. I've always just tried to go with my age.

I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it will diminish my desire to write it.

I really don't know what's good or bad art because all the art I like people tell me is tasteless.

Never forget that you have the spark of the divine in you. Whatever you do or don't do won't change this fact.

I want to be the best president I can be for every American.

A picture, to be an interesting picture, must be more than a picture, otherwise it is only a reproduction of an object, and not an object of value in itself.

Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces.

Death is much simpler than birth; it is merely a continuation. Birth is the mystery, not death.