...hate suits him better than forgiveness. Immersed in hate, he doesn't have to do anything; he can be paralyzed, and the rigidty of hatred makes a kind of shelter for him.

We are most alive when we're in love.

Life is a nacho. It can be yummy-crunchy or squishy-yucky. It just depends on how long it takes for you to start eating it.

Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.

You cannot help but learn more as take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is and old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.

The scissors cut the long-grown hair; The razor scrapes the remnant fuzz. Small-jawed, weak-chinned, big-eyed, I stare At the forgotten boy I was.

It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.

Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.

So much love, too much love, it is our madness, it is rotting us out, exploding us like dandelion polls.

I love you best, and I'll miss you forever.

Love is rare and hard to find and takes years upon years to develop. Teenagers don't fall in love.

Most of human history had been industry versus nature, with industry winning.

We all know that change is inevitable. It provides us with a challenge and an opportunity to grow and improve and to attract new members with new ideas.

Each marriage bears the footprints of economic and cultural trends which originate far outside marriage.

DiCaprio left the party with 20 women? I did that in 2012!

There's no hypocrisy in Hell's Kitchen.

I keep my phone number unlisted and rely on my associates to handle all voice mail, e-mail, faxes.

Maybe there's some unquenchable question that I keep asking the universe that I can't get an answer to.

Don't let the fear of not pleasing someone stop you from being creative.