Happiness is a state of mind. your state of mind. So you should have some say in it

Loneliness is a very real thing, but it only means even you don't want to be with yourself

There were far worse strategies in life than to try to make each aspect of one's existence a minor work of art.

This was not as real as my despairing sense that nothing was real for me, nothing would ever be real for me again – unless, indeed, this sensation of falling was reality…

The desired Islamic state might be likened to an orchard planted with olive and palm trees that will take a relatively long time to produce fruit.

Anything was better than to be loved for one's things.

When I look in the mirror, I see a work in progress.

You might be a redneck if three quarters of the clothes you own have logos on them.

I work hard but I play hard.

There is much virtue in a window. It is to a human being as a frame is to a painting, as a proscenium to a play, as 'form' to literature. It strongly defines its content.

I will cut all state taxes by at least one third.

I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth the time and effort you'll put in.