You think you have a memory; but it has you!

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

Just like when you're young and in love, a seven-hour plane ride can seem like a lifetime.

preemptive strike n.A blow or punch delivered by military aircraft to a target who is suspected of being adverse to one's plot for world domination.

Few are they who have never had the chance to achieve happiness ... and fewer those who have taken that chance.

As far as I know, I have no pride of opinion.

I love an author the more for having been himself a lover of books.

I'm a bit of a lefty. I like the idea of art and music collectives.

Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice.

The juice goes out of Christianity when it becomes too based on faith rather than on living like Jesus or seeing the world as Jesus saw it.

What about desserts?" I asked. "If the world comes to an end, I'm going to want cookies.

We have to Build Bridges of Peace Instead of building Walls of Wars.