I speak of knowledge, sir, which is not the bed-equal of learning ... I speak of what comes from learning. I speak of understanding.

Wedlock is a narrow business.

If I wish to be well in my mind, then I must write, and there is no cure for my ambition, and thank the Lord for that.

I know that great gifts come at a price, and that not all talent inspires admiration.

The way to self-love and admiration is to behave like someone whom you love and admire.

The secret to creative freedom is letting go of our habitual certainities.

I cannot move, I cannot even want to move, unless I hear the music first.

The family unit is fundamental not only to society and to the Church, but to our hope for eternal life.

The real love is to love them that hate you, to love your neighbor even though you distrust him.

Big dreams turn into big things.

One day treats us like a hireling nurse, another like a mother.

If there was any magic formula, it was getting to pitch every fourth day.

Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.

Revolution in America begins in books and music, then waits for political operatives to 'implement changes after the fact.'