Artists recognize other artists as soon as the pencil begins to move.

As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction

It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.

The Great Change is when humankind accepts its role as part of the natural order of the universe instead of its role as a cancer

Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers.

If everyone could understand the working of a psychopath's mind, we undoubtedly would be closer to insanity ourselves.

Nobody gets beyond a petroleum economy. Not while there's petroleum there.

Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.

Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.

History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians.

The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.

May love always be with you, and you always surrounded by love

His lips press into mine in a kiss meant to make the world fade away.And it delivers.

Ignorance is not bad faith. But persistence in ignorance is.

Compared to politics, I think sports is funnier, because it's inconsequential. And politics can be real important and all that. The more pointless something is, the funnier it is, you know?

Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on time. The trick is to always keep the engine running.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

The books that charmed us in youth recall the delight ever afterwards; we are hardly persuaded there are any like them, any deserving our equal affections.

The sort of seeing cruelty and callousness of that sort from young people is heartbreaking.

I'm funny on camera sometimes. In life, once in a while. Once in a while.

I think the tax cut is ridiculous but so am I.