It's fine to live in the now. But the best thing about now is that there's another one tomorrow. I'm going to start making them count.

Life is spectacular. Forget the dark things. Take a drink and let time wash them away to where ever time washes away to.

That's how it is with legends. The greater they sound, the more must've got left out.

The only way you're going to get something to last in this world is to work at it

Beauty’s all around me right here. It’s not in a textbook. It’s not in an equation. I mean, take the sunlight … The colors flow into your lungs, into your bloodstream. You are the colors.

Our whole society's a training ground for addicts.

They've drummed the miraculous out of you, but you don't want it to be like that. You want the miraculous. You want everything to still be new.

Have you ever started to wave at someone and then realized they weren’t really waving at you, so you abort and go for a head scratch instead? That’s how I felt.

Life is an ocean, and most everyone's hanging on to some kind of dream to keep afloat.

To hell with tomorrow. To hell with all problems and barriers. Nothing matters but the Spectacular Now.

You think, 'Here's something I can hold on to,' but it always slips away.

In fact, the Bible tells us that the union of man and woman in marriage points to the climatic final scene - when Christ returns for His church, the bride He died to save (Ephesians 5:31-32).

My parents, especially my father, discussed the question of my brothers' education as a matter of real importance. My education and that of my sister were scarcely discussed at all.

I've always been a magnet for guilt.

all my bounce has gone flat, like soda with the top left off.

continue to advance until you run out of ammunition. Then, dig in.

In the meantime [1963-65], [Bob] Dylan was writing some of the best love songs in the genre, like "Girl From the North Country," "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright," and "It Ain't Me, Babe."

A movie about the past is not the same as the past.

In a city like New York, any night can be completely different, even in a subtle way.

Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, want, are instructors in eloquence and wisdom.

Memory is a wonderful thing if you don't have to deal with the past.