You don't win a game by hitting the ball out of the court.

Every book has a soul, the soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and dream about it.

I don't suppose you have many friends. Neither do I. I don't trust people who say they have a lot of friends. It's a sure sign that they don't really know anyone.

Over time, loneliness gets inside you and doesn't go away.

Don't be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything.

We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we're awake.

We all give up great expectations along the way.

I can't die yet, doctor. Not yet. I have things to do. Afterwords I'll have a whole lifetime in which to die.

I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.

It is impossible to survive in a prolonged state of reality.

Silence makes idiots seem wise even for a minute.

The poet is the sayer, the namer, and represents beauty.

Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.

If we can rebuild Iraq, we can rebuild Illinois and Indiana and if we can do Baghdad, we can do Baltimore.

You think you're alone until you realize you're in it. Now fear is here to stay, love is here for a visit.

During a term in office there are highs and lows, but what counts is that the goal is set as well as the means to achieve it, and the force we put into getting results.

It starts with a whistle and ends with a gun.

I totally alienated some reporters as I retreated.

Not only who am I, but who are we? And where are we going? It's the "we." It's the social connections that are special to human beings.

I suppose if I gave myself the chance I could be an alcoholic.

Every wolf's and lion's howl Raises from Hell a human soul.