What is reasoned has nothing to do with what is reasonable.

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.

To be ready to fail is to be prepared for success.

Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.

Sensuality without love is a sin; love without sensuality is worse than a sin.

Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.

Tradition simply means that we need to end what began well and continue what is worth continuing

It may be impossible to have a revolution without crimes but that does not make revolution a crime.

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.

The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer.

Who learns most from a good book is the author.

There's no reason to worryI started brand new story

If you enjoy peace now, remember it is out of the toils of those who were gone before you. The question is "will you leave peace behind you when you are gone"?

Dancers work really hard, they don't make any money. It's hard.

I love short stories because I believe they are the way we live.

I love being alone. I learned that from my father, I think, who loved his own company.

When I'm interviewed on Leno, just be funny, period. That's all they want from me. I don't want to tell my life story.

A lot of people have a lot of talent. What people don't have is the will to work hard enough to develop that talent fully.

I want to be the player who hits home runs, drives in runs.

The arrogance is not greatness but swelling; and the swelling seems big but it's not healthy.

Dissecting a book was the same as making sense of life. You have to find a way to interpret life, or you'll go nuts.