It is not good to want a thing too much. It sometimes drives the luck away. You must want it just enough, and you must be very tactful with Gods or the gods.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaAdherent:Someone who will believe anything except what he should.

All diseases run into one, old age.

There is no diplomacy like silence.

Like one of any minority, I have experienced prejudice.

For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being.

You do it a day at a time. You write as well as you can, you put it in the mail, you leave it under submission, you never leave it at home.

My dialogue coach said to do a Texas accent, you lean on the next word, and that was the clue to me.

a good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude

To transform breakdowns into breakthroughs is the whole function of a master.

There is only one legend. That's me