The only thing I was any good at was music.

I'm not the most accomplished of writers out there, but I feel that I quite effective all the same.

Simple is the only way I can write.

They say that time heals a broken heart, but time has stood still since we've been apart.

The cat is the beutiful devil. And here we can use the word, even without the “a.”- from a Dec. 21 1960, a letter to Sheri Martinelli"On Cats

As people move further away from a meat-based diet, I think the focus will shift to using grains as the central focus of our food supply.

No man can possibly be benevolent or religious, to the full extent of his obligations, without concerning himself, to a greater or less extent, with the affairs of human government.

Surely the world we live in is but the world that lives in us.

The possession of wealth is, as it were, prepayment, and involves an obligation of honor to the doing of correspondent work.

We are the strongest filter we can place before the lens. We point the lens both outward and inward.

Hate is more interesting than love.

I believe nature is a force of good. Good is not only a concept, it is a spirit

Many things that come into the world are not looked into. The individual says 'My crowd doesn't run that way.' I say, don't run with crowds.

People need to know what their jobs are.