The coward dies a thousand deaths, the valiant, only once!

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.

The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words.

If your presence doesn't work, neither will your word.

But sometimes even people who care about each other need some time apart.

Better collapse earlier than giving up later, but what best is never giving up.

Creativity is not a solitary process. It happens within networks... when talented people get together, when idea systems and mentalities merge.

I didnt finish the stories until we went to the Philippines and I got malaria. I couldnt work and I didnt have any money, but I had seven stories. So I wrote three or four more.

As any action or posture, long continued, will distort and disfigure the limbs, so the mind likewise is crippled and contracted by perpetual application to the same set of ideas.

Records aren't selling anymore; people are burning music.

So long, Mom I'm off to drop the bomb So don't wait up for me But while you swelter Down there in your shelter You can see me On your TV