Who could believe an ant in theory? A giraffe in blueprint? Ten thousand doctors of what's possible Could reason half the jungle out of being.

There's nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

The day will happen whether or not you get up.

Let our love be like an arch- two weaknesses leaning together to form one strength.

Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

Men marry what they need. I marry you.

Fermentation and civilization are inseparable.

Written by a sponge dipped in warm milk and sprinkled with sugar.

The classroom should be an entrance into the world, not an escape from it.

The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow.

We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.

It is a lonely thing, remembering for someone else.

I used to send away for eight-minute Super 8 movies of various Ray Harryhausen scenes advertised on the back of 'Famous Monsters of Filmland' magazine.

My musical instrument is Hebrew and, to me, this is the most important fact about my writing.

The most energetic workers I have encountered in my world travels are the vegetarian miners of Chile.

If I'm looking really intense, it's not because I'm trying to be mystical. It's because I'm thinking '[Dagnabit], that was supposed to be a 7th chord'.

It's such a shame that people are so much more worried about being right than being decent.

While sincerity is to carry the weight of knowledge in the self, it is also to be the lightness of being clean.

In art as in life, some things need no translation.

A man ought to work. That's what he's here for. That's how he contributes to the welfare of the community.