Safer than we are.” I told Franny. “Safer than love.” “let me tell ya kid,” Franny said to me, squeezing my hand. “Everything’s safer than love.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

You shouldn’t expect a positive outcome when you have a negative thought process. Only positive thoughts can create positive results.

Royal Young's writing is that rare blend of irony and beauty.

If we only knew the real value of a day.

Ancestor worship, or filial piety so characteristic of Asian cultures, for example, does not really resonate with Americans who favor children, not grandparents.

The English language is more complex than calculus because numbers don't have nuances.

A unipolar world - one with only one power - makes sure that this space almost disappears. In a multipolar world this space multiplies. Therefore, there is nostalgia for a multipolar world.

If you're still in a bar when the lights go on, you are a loser.

There's a film you write, there's a film you shoot, and there's a film that you cut - and they're all different.

Never give up. You only get one life. Go for it!

Christmas is here, Merry old Christmas, Gift-bearing Christmas, Day of grand memories, King of the year!