A life with a positive purpose is absolutely priceless.

While he sweated out a story she bled put a poem. (Dark City Lights)

He could argue a case for anything, but that doesn’t change the fact he’s wrong most of the time.

Behind every self-made person are blood, sweat and tears.

When I see Liz Taylor with those Harry Winston boulders hanging from her neck I get nauseated. Not figuratively, but nauseated! All I can think of are how many dog shelters those diamonds could buy.

One hour of contemplation surpasses sixty years of worship.

It's good to be here. At 98, it's good to be anywhere.

Shadow is the diminution alike of light and of darkness, and stands between darkness and light.

I got to fall in love. I got to win a war. I got to write words that inspired a nation.

In a word I was a pioneer, and therefore had to blaze my own trail.

Once you free yourself from the need for perfect acceptance, it's a lot easier to launch work that matters.