Agendas in general don't work. The agenda is a thing that is perpetually destroyed. But through that destruction, something really interesting comes up.

I love art. But I love it because it is the expression of a living philosophy. It's the leftovers. Art is what's left over from life.

Art doesn't have the stench of a community program. It's transcendent. It is transcendent of morality and transcendent of political position. It is absolutely free. It is the community center.

People who create their own opportunities will get further in life than people who expect opportunities to be created for them.

We forget old stories, but those stories remain the same.

A man’s real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.

Hate is a cancer on one’s soul.

What is truth? Truth doesn't really exist. Who is going to judge whether my experience of an incident is more valid than yours? No one can be trusted to be the judge of that.

Capitalism is at least tolerable, which cannot be said of Socialism or Communism

Dark things have always existed but they used to be in a proper balance with good when life was slower.

Not only do we have a right to be happy, we have an obligation to be happy because our happiness has an effect on everyone around us.

Luckily for you, you can close the book The Postman Always Rings Twice and break out of it, and James M. Cain can't. I can't think of any redeeming feature he has, but he's extremely compelling.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 foundations and individual donors whose priorities don't align with my organization's.