Whatever respect photography may once have deserved is now superfluous in view of its own superfluity.

If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride

A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.

To find a mountain path all by oneself gives a greater feeling of strength than to take a path that is shown.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

Desire outweighs footwork when it comes to crashing the glass

It could be argued that every age gets the comfort savagery writer it deserves.

Anyone can get a job, but do you have a purpose?

If you are in a bad relationship with anyone else, it is because you are in a bad relationship with yourself.

Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever.

The summer demands and takes away too much. /But night, the reserved, the reticent, gives more than it takes

My mind turned by anxiety, or other cause, from its scrutiny of blank paper, is like a lost child–wandering the house, sitting on the bottom step to cry.

Every devil used to be an angel

Don't get simple mixed up with simplistic.

A cry-wanking scene is the struggle to live, in a single moment.

What scientist would not long to go on living, if only to see how the little truths he has brought to light will grow up?

Leadership is knowing what you want and making it happen.

There comes a time in every person's life when he has to choose the course his life will take.

There are times when silence is the best way to yell at the top of your voice.

It is love alone that counts.

If the actor has a problem, I can just go in and fix it right away. I think it speeds up the process.