You are vain and wicked- as a genius should be.

Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.

Gregor was a real drinker..he didn't drink because he was sad..(or) cheerful. He drank because he was a thorough man, who like to get to the bottom of things, of bottles as well as everything else.

God, Beauty and Truth are synonymous. Take any one of the three paths and you will reach the goal.

People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated.

I think that sometimes quitting is exactly the right thing to do. Quitting something that's not working requires self-awareness and courage.

Why does a salmon rise? Why does a small boy cross the street just to kick a tin can?

We are made for the same home and power that raised Christ from the dead.

Whatever is silenced will clamor to be heard, though silently.

My parents didn't agree with what was going on, you know, with the communists coming in, Fidel Castro. I didn't see the reason why I needed to go back there and be a part of that exhibition

I'm just getting settled as a responsible man - but if you split the elephant into little mouthfuls it will be fine.

...and you don't even have to sleep alone, you don't even have to sleep at all; and so, all you have to do is show the stick to the dog now and then and say, 'Thank God for nothing.'

The show can go on without me, and probably will, but I want to come back to act in Chicago. My wife and I just bought a condo downtown, and I want to do theater.