When we are asleep, we are all equal.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

A writer always writes.

Happiness is the inevitable prize of repeated positive interpretations of one's experiences.

I've written original material before, where I've come up with the idea and the characters myself, and that's definitely very different to working with someone else's characters and stories.

Camp Taylor is a foundation that I'm connected with right now, and anything I can do to help them and help those kids is something I want to do.

The New York art world readily proves people wrong. Just when folks say that things stink and flibbertigibbet critics wish the worst on us all because we're not pure enough, good omens appear.

My technique, starting with a quick outline in pencil, is designed to record first impressions, with no time for second thoughts.

Music is a communication. It's a two-way street. You need people to play to in order to make that connection complete. That's the way we look at it.

God does nothing except in response to believing prayer.

I do not care to speak ill of a man behind his back, but I believe he is an attorney.

For all laws are general judgements, or sentences of the legislator; as also every particular judgement is a law to him whose case is judged.