However much grief I carried, I liked the way my life was tending, these bright new directions. It's only human, to mourn and to reach toward forwardness at once.

If you care about what people think about you, you will end up being their slave. Reject and pull your own rope.

Suffering brings experience.

Nationalism is the measels of mankind.

My dad thought I'd end up in the poorhouse or in doughnut shops with a bag full of reviews.

Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th Century invention and I don't want one. You don’t need to worry about me; I have a college education. I’m not destitute. I'm living like this by choice.

You know, my mother had a rule which was people are just people.

I held my breath as we do sometimes to stop time when something wonderful has touched us.

I'm not going to let our fans down.

The funny thing about gold is how quickly it can tarnish.

We have been learning since we were children how to make money, buy things, build things. The whole education system is set up to teach us how to think, not to feel.