When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd And the great star early droop'd in the western sky the night I mourn'd - and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

We were together. I forget the rest.

Either define the moment or the moment will define you.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

Be curious, not judgmental.

Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

The truth is simple. If it was complicated, everyone would understand it.

When one reaches out to help another he touches the face of God.

To be, or not to be: what a question!

Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination.

Repeat anything often enough and it will start to become you.

Novels are usually built on conflict, sometimes very, very difficult conflict. It's why men write war novels - because there you go, there's the conflict writ large.

The world doesn't just disappear when you close your eyes, does it?

I certainly don't lose any sleep if I lose a tennis match.

Some things were beyond understanding.

Live each moment from your own inspiration, not from your desire to look good in the eyes of others.

Even in hell, if a man was a man, you'd know it.