... clothes sometimes gave one more of a lift than any philosophic comforting.

Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.

Strange how complicated we can make things just to avoid showing what we feel!

We have our dreams because without them we could not bear the truth.

It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.

we have so much to say, and we shall never say it.

Never do anything complicated when something simple will serve as well. It's one of the most important secrets of living.

For a moment I had a strange intuition that just this, and in a real, profound sense, is life; and perhaps happiness even - love with a mixture of sadness, reverence, and silent knowledge.

Everyone saves someone at least once. Just as he kills someone at least once. Even though he may not know it.

Anything you can settle with money is cheap.

Life is a disease, brother, and death begins already at birth. Every breath, every heartbeat, is a moment of dying - a little shove toward the end.

If you do not write something original you have written nothing at all.

Nothing causes more consternation in a group of hypocrits than one honest man.

I live my life in faith as I explore and challenge myself and others.

I'm still waiting for perfection. In the meantime, I'll settle for persistence

General knowledge may have to be slight or even amateurish knowledge, but it is none the less useful, and we discourage it at our peril.

Our glories float between the earth and heaven Like clouds which seem pavilions of the sun, And are the playthings of the casual wind.

I really loved the idea of playing opposite Marlon Brando and being the crazy one.

True freedom starts with absolute honesty. The moment you call a problem by its real name, you’re already learning how to make it less harmful.

Art has no purpose. It exists for its own sake.

Jews wait for the Lord, Protestants sing hymns to him, Catholics say mass and eat him.