Oh, how unbearable is a happy person sometimes!

But how could you live and have no story to tell?

My God, a moment of bliss. Why, isn't that enough for a whole lifetime?

It was a wonderful night, such a night as is only possible when we are young, dear reader.

. . . finally, I couldn't imagine how I could live without books, and I stopped dreaming about marrying that Chinese prince. . . .

and what shall I have to dream of when I have been so happy in reality beside you!

Do you know that I love now to recall and visit at certain dates the places where Iwas once happy in my own way? I love to build up my present in harmony with the irrevocable past...

A key to a long, productive writing life is finding ways to support that life, emotionally and existentially.

Inequality saps the economy by draining the buying power of Americans whose incomes have stagnated, forcing them to rely on debt to fund education, housing, and health care.

The height of artistic skill is to know how to conceal the mechanical effort and strain beneath harmonious calm.

You always kill the one you love.

A real friendship should not fade as time passes, and should not weaken because of space separation.

Who can wait in stillness while the mud settles?

When I'm directing I'm working from 100% of my brain, but when I'm acting I'm working from my heart.

Of all the songs that I've written since I was 15 or 16, every song is different every song is special, it happens in a different way and I like that.

When someone's really sick and their family is tired and concerned about what will take place, those are the times that they need a support group around them to take care of them as a human being.

As knowledge grew, fear decreased; men thought less of worshiping the unknown, and more of overcoming it.