You find out who your friends are. Some people didn't have much to do with me when I was down. I've got a long memory.

Literature suffers because writers give their books to colleagues who will then write glowing reviews or saccharine introductions.

Life is all about exploring yourself, discovering yourself and grooming yourself, then you will surely stop negative thinking.

I forbid you, agnostic, doubting thoughts, to destroy the house of my faith.

If you want to build a ship, teach the men to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

My first real girlfriend broke up with me because she was married already.

My business is that of every other good citizen - to uphold the law.

It's not just about the current economic environment. History shows that slashing budgets always leads to recession.

To cultivate the memory we should confide to it only what we understand and love: the rest is a useless burden; for simply to know by rote is not to know at all.

I play guitar because I like to make loud noises. And the guitar is the coolest way to make a loud noise.

I like to have a person's knowledge comprehend more than one class of topics, one row of shelves. I like a person who likes to see a fine barn as well as a good tragedy.