One should always act from one's inner sense of rhythm.

One can present people with opportunities. One cannot make them equal to them.

anything that becomes a cult, or a mass movement, loses its moral and spiritual value. The crusade has to be personal, individual. As soon as it becomes collective it loses its purpose.

when two people unite, kindness must be mutual, or shocking things will happen.

How long, I wonder, will ignorance spell purity and knowledge shame?

Convention is another name for the habits of society.

[On Ian Fleming:] The trouble with Ian is that he gets off with women because he can't get on with them.

One must have the humility and the imagination to honor all deep human experiences - not least those one has never come near to sharing.

Holidays, if you enjoy them, have no history.

The novel will never die, but it will keep changing and evolving and taking different shapes.

But poetry is not to be lived, except for the few to whom it is more important than self-preservation.

opportunity only shows you the door but not the end of the road

Now it seems like no matter what I decide, I'll be betraying someone.

Joys, which we do not know, we do not wish.

People always underestimate the impact of technology. To give you an example: In the 1970s the frontier for offshore development was 200 meters, today it is 4,000 meters.

We want to see drama told in a cathartic way, with power, with emotion where you empathize and then you're frightened. All those feelings charge up in you and you feel for the story.

Speaking of Quarterback nicknames, you hear they're calling Jay Cutler 50 cent? Because you only get two quarters out of him.

I like taking my time and seeing the things around me and appreciating the now.

Look, it's my misery that I have to paint this kind of painting, it's your misery that you have to love it, and the price of the misery is thirteen hundred and fifty dollars.

Be yourself, build meaningful relationships, follow your dreams.

He can play. He can shoot. He can dribble. He can pass. He's a great player. Period. No question about it. And if anyone thinks Dirk is not a great player, I'll punch them in their face.