Woe to he who checkmates his opponents at last, only to discover they have been playing cribbage.

She was beautiful, in the quiet way that lonely, unnoticed people are beautiful to those who notice them.

The world is unkind to the shoeless and frolicsome.

Could a dream kill a man? Could it strangle him where he sat sleeping?

If you are not setting a trap, then you are probably walking into one. It is the mark of the master to do both at once.

Love is the same as being lost,' says Jacques to the dark. 'Except you don't care that you're lost.

A train will bring you back to the place you came from, but it will not return you home.

I was to be buried inside my own creation, the better to keep its secrets. I will not tell you more, for your sake. But if you ask, I will answer.

Only a self-learnt man can teach others

I spend time with people who are movers and shakers, and others who are just friends I really care for. Some of them are rich, some of them are poor. I couldn't care less. I'm not a snob.

There is no graceful way to carry hatred.

I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time.

The current paradigm is so thoroughly established that the only way to change is to start over again.

Irony is the hygiene of the mind.

Are you married? What do you do for agravation?

Art is a staple of mankind... So urgent, so utterly linked with the pulse of feeling that it becomes the singular sign of life when every other aspect of civilization fails.

We always want to do things the way we like, that's why we never change.

There's no such thing as an unimportant day.