The world has never favored the experimental life. It despises poets, fanatics, prophets and lovers.

For we do not do what we want to do, but what is easiest and most natural for us to do, and if it is easy for us to do the wrong thing, it is that that we will do.

So to all who are situated as I am, I would say--Grow up as fast as you can.

The ironist is ironical not because he does not care, but because he cares too much.

I believe there is a kind of happiness to be found in every thing in life, in all that is good and pleasing, as well as in that which is sad or poignant.

This self-reliance, this direct dealing with the world, seemed to him, even in the height of his concern, unwomanly, a deeper injury to his own abandoned assumptions than any he had contemplated.

I know a lot about writing, but I don't know much about how other industries work. I've tried to use my naivety to my advantage.

One beast and only one howls in the woods by night.

We're going to support the men and women of law enforcement.

United States:. A nation given either to unjustified over-enthusiasms or infantile furies.

Indeed, one modern President abjured God altogether, ending speeches with a chaste 'Thank you very much.' This was Jimmy Carter, the most genuinely devout President of the postwar period.

A band is a great way to destroy a friendship, and a tour's a great way to destroy a band.

For some odd reason, I like a man in sweatsuits. Obviously, you want your man to look good in a suit, but I like when men look comfortable, and the swagger just stands out of that.

Art has become more than painting, sculpture or music: art is more than Van Gogh painting a landscape or Wagner composing an opera. The whole of reality itself has become the object of art.