An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

You are who you are meant to be. Dance as if no one's watching. Love as if it's all you know. Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.

Remember: Life is short, break the rules

My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.

If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.

The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.

If you’re not afraid, if you take everything you are, everything worthwhile in you and direct it at one goal, one ultimate mark, you’ve got to get there.

But you can't show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture. You've got to show what it's really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.

Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.

I'm very easily distracted unless I have music on. Listening to music while I brainstorm makes me think of scenes that would fit the mood of the music I'm playing.

Warriorship does not refer to making war on others. Aggression is the source of our problems, not the solution. Warriorship is the tradition of human bravery, or the tradition of fearlessness.

The reason I went for Jenny Craig is I thought, Maybe I'm not the only one who has stupid reasons for getting fat.

Is this freedom? Is it happiness? I don't know. I don't care anymore. It is different--it is being alive.

... to write well it is entirely necessary to read widely and deeply. Good poems are the best teachers.

Writers are always diverse on the inside.

When you're asking someone for assistance, make it as easy as possible for them to say "no" to you. You don't want someone helping you who doesn't really want to.

I was unfaithful even to Infidelity.

Given the diverse raiment life sports, one never knows what the guises of the gods may be.

We sat together as a family for dinner at night. And my mother had a job. My dad had a job. But there was always a meal on the table at 6:00, you know.