I saw the sunlight in a leafy place, Bathing itself in liquid green and amber-- Where every flower had tears hid in its petals, And every leaf was lovely with the rain.

Words, like flowers, have their colors too.

If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised.

False optimism sooner or later means disillusionment , anger and hopelessness.

Theater is all about foyers and conversation and digesting what you've seen.

I find comedians to be the biggest cocksuckers, because they don't want people to know how easy it is.

Success is a matter of adjusting one's efforts to obstacles and one's abilities to a service needed by others.

In poetic thought, the role of the subconscious is played by euphony.

There's always more money to be made.

For us, terrorism remains the great evil of our time, and the war against this evil, our generation’s great cause … There is no middle way for Americans: it is victory or holocaust.

It wasn’t in books. It wasn’t in a church. What I needed to know was out there in the world.

The only defense against evil, violent people is good people who are more skilled at violence.