something has been said for sobriety but very little.

Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made.

The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business.

We must travel in the direction of our fear.

Two daiquiris withdrew into a corner of a gorgeous room and one told the other a lie.

Praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.

I am so wise I had my mouth sewn shut.

Ever to confess you're bored means you have no Inner Resources.

That is our ‘pointed task. Love & die.

But neither money nor machines can create. They shuttle tokens of energy, but they do not transform. A civilization based on them puts people out of touch with their creative powers.

This world is gradually becoming a place Where I do not care to be any more.

Stop cheating to be rich. Stop stealing to be wealthy. Stop siphoning the valuables of other people to keep for yourself.

If my heart grows any fonder, it's going to hop out of my chest and into yours.

We didn't feel so good when we took our son to college and saw a sign on the liquor store - Back to School Sale.

I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism.

Without the story - in which everyone living, unborn and dead, participates - men are no more than bits of paper blown on the cold wind.

Try to write at least 500 words a day. You may ditch 499 of them tomorrow, but you will still be moving forward.

I don’t know you, And you don’t know me. It is this that brings us together.

Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself, 'Lillian, you should have remained a virgin.'

The troubles of this world pass, and what we have left is what we have made of our souls.

They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.