I like what is in the work -- the chance to find yourself.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

The air of the New World seems favorable to the art of declamation.

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness

If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything .

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

Love is easy early on...its when the busyness of life creeps in and felling ebb and flow that real love shines through in small choices.

Though thou art far away, thy rays are on Earth; Though thou art in their faces, no one knows thy going.

These are the poems of a traveler and a lover who feels both the terror of time passing and the consolation of eternity. From such tension spring lovely poetic objects, ready for intelligent use.

Writing is not primarily escape, but use.

In China, export lobbies have fought for policies that favor their interests and limit foreign competition.

One of my favorite times was sitting reading quote books, which I did for hours on end.

I scared Stephen King.

I’ve had to make the difficult decision to follow my intuition, and allow myself the space and time to explore my true purpose in life.

You can't be all things to all people.

If there are signs that Americans bow to the gods of advertising, there are equally indications that people find the gods ridiculous. It is part of the popular culture that advertisements are silly.