You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet.

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.

Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!

The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.

Yes I have loved, as no one on earth ever loved, with an insensate and furious love, so violent that I wonder it did not break my heart

The cat makes himself the companion of your hours of solitude, melancholy and toil.

The most fitting occupation for a civilized man is to do nothing.

Modesty was made for the ugly.

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

Memories? Pheh. Those just get in the way of living.

Coffee in England is just toasted milk.

I have always made it a point to know our employees, to visit every facility of our company, and to try to meet and know every single employee.

I always say when you write a book, you're a 'one-man band.' Whereas, when you finish a screenplay, it's just a sketch.

What I do is create an aura of mystery.

Let your heart become so saturated with love that you are able to ride the waves of change with equipoise, and find new meaning in everything that happens.

Noble and manly music invigorates the spirit, strengthens the wavering man, and incites him to great and worthy deeds.

I only ever run when there's some point to it - say, if it's in a game of tennis.

When we talk about GOD, we’re like a school of fish, discussing the possible existence of the sea.

There are people who are put on this earth to do everything.