...ducks and geese are foolish things, and must be looked after, but girls can take care of themselves.

Others may write from the head, but he writes from the heart, and the heart will always understand him.

I profess not to know how women's hearts are wooed and won. To me they have always been matters of riddle and admiration.

To look upon its grass grown yard, where the sunbeams seem to sleep so quietly, one would think that there at least the dead might rest in peace.

There are certain half-dreaming moods of mind in which we naturally steal away from noise and glare, and seek some quiet haunt where we may indulge our reveries and build our air castles undisturbed.

For my part, I love to give myself up to the illusion of poetry. A hero of fiction that never existed is just as valuable to me as a hero of history that existed a thousand years ago.

When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.

Any factor that breeds polarization will worsen policy, and thus cause lower growth.

I was very adept at acquiring languages.

When you're a pitcher for the Houston Astros and a stranger notices you in a mall in Colorado, you know things have really changed.

Hard times make you bitter or make you more compassionate.

And feel that I am happier than I know.

[All governments] get into a rut where every potentially good story turns into a bad one.

I formed a new group called Alcoholics-Unanimous. If you don't feel like a drink, you ring another member and he comes over to persuade you.

This life is a hard fact; work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine; no matter, the soul is stronger.

I want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film