Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.

How is it Lord that we are cowards in everything save in opposing thee?

Real family values have gone down the drain in modern families.

He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted.

Paganism is wholesome because it faces the facts of life.

The technical procedures doubtless release energies in the artist that remain unused in the much more lightweight processes of drawing or painting (remark on printmaking).

You will be amused when you see that I have more than once deceived without the slightest qualm of conscience, both knaves and fools.

Cooking today is a young man's game, I don't give a bollocks what anyone says.

Unless Russia is face with an iron fist and strong language, another is in the making. Only one language do they understand - 'How many divisions have you?' ... I'm tired of babying the Soviets.

..it's awful not to be loved. It's the worst thing in the world...It makes you mean, and violent, and cruel.

You don't want a slob, but you don't want a guy who is constantly borrowing your tweezers.