The people must grant a hearing to the best poets they have else they will never have better.

Surely the vogue of those twisted and contorted human figures must be as short as it is artificial.

Our little solos are a note in an immense chorus vibrating grandly through the universe, a chorus which accepts and harmonizes the whir of the cricket and the long drum-roll of the stars.

Great ages of art come only when a widespread creative impulse meets an equally widespread impulse of sympathy . . .

When you have a strong company culture it will shine through your brand and you can authentically say, “This is what our brand is about.

The trouble ain't that people are ignorant: it's that they know so much that ain't so.

Not to discover weakness is The Artifice of strength.

I don't think of it at the moment, but the roles that interest me are those of young people.

It is indeed a wondrous universal alchemy, is it not? When one's heartfelt intentions cause mountains to move.

When I am angry I can write, pray, and preach well, for then my whole temperament is quickened, my understanding sharpened, and all mundane vexations and temptations depart.

I was fair-skinned in a country that's about the outdoors.

Once you feel like you're being dictated by other people's expectations, it usually backfires.

I was informed yesterday that there's a Twitter account for my laugh. Very hard to get used to things like that. Pretty amazing.

Children don't run around outside as much as they did. They sit in front of computer games.