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

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.

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.

Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old.

Difficulties are what makes it honorable and interesting to be alive.

The world, as it is, is not a permanent reality, but is a temporary product of our choices as creators.

I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.

There are only two noble pursuits in life: knowledge and love.

The one thing finished in this hasty world.

When you start something creative for the first time, you are completely free, no real influences other than your own vision.

And so he did the hardest thing he’d ever done in his life: he picked up his hat and walked away.

Somebody asked me the other day, "What do you do?" "I amuse myself by growing old," I replied. "It's a full-time job.

I'm old enough to make you look like an embryo. [Thorn]

You know a shooter when you see it. At least the creative people do. If a picture isn't obvious in the first draft you're kind of screwed.