Solitude is the nurse of enthusiasm, enthusiasm is the true part of genius.

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.

A circle may be small, yet it may be as mathematically beautiful and perfect as a large one.

The ancients, who in these matters were not perhaps such blockheads as some may conceive, considered poetical quotation as one of the requisite ornaments of oratory.

One may quote till one compiles.

The delights of reading impart the vivacity of youth even to old age.

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.

Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.

Beware of the man of one book. [Lat., Home unius libri, or, cave ab homine unius libri.]

If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.

When your wife asks you for your opinion, she doesn't really want your opinion. She wants her opinion - just in a deeper voice.

For me, every sound has its own minute form - is composed of small flashing rhythms, shifting tones, has momentum, comes, vanishes, lives out its own structure.

The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.

Some actors play themselves, don't they?

One of the major biases in risky decision making is optimism. Optimism is a source of high-risk thinking.

Fiction stretches our sensibilities and our understanding, as mere information never can.

I try to maintain a high level of coolness. Which means I've gotta look at lot of magazines. I've gotta look at a lot of ads to see what people want to wear.

I heard someone say once that the years from fifteen to nineteen are the best years in a girl's life.

It is high time to make known the glad tidings in these dark regions of sin and spiritual bondage.