The best pastimes for a true enjoyer of leisure who has to stay at home . . .: reading by the fireside. . . . Listening to music.

Art is the conveyance of spirit by means of matter.

He is free who knows how to keep in his own hands the power to decide at each step, the course of his life, and who lives in a society which does not block the exercise of that power.

No one has ever succeeded in keeping nations at war except by lies.

He is free knows how to keep in his own hands the power to decide.

Inequality is the inevitable consequence of liberty.

Considering how bad men are, it is wonderful how well they behave.

Liberty of thought means liberty to communicate one's thought.

Circumstances are the seeds of literature.

Sermons seldom convert sinners; they sometimes goad them into more sin.

Your conscience is no defense against you sins; however, it can unfortunately deny you the pleasure of enjoying them.

Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?

I've never worried about payback. People are hungry for leadership that's not afraid of political consequence.

Marriage - a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose.

The great artist is a slave to his ideals.

I like poking my nose into other people's lives.

The spirits talk of many levels. It's not a physical level where you go up the steps to get to the next one. It's consciousness and how evolved spiritually you are.

If the expenditure of money for entertainment in America is any indication of taste, clearly the majority of us are addicted to trash.

As a journalist, I'm not supposed to be the subject, but as an author, I'm fair game - another ingredient in the media soup.