Then came a bigger fear. Not the threat of imminent injury, but the fear that if I didn't go back up, I would be a chickenshit forever.

The best prophet of the future is the past.

If we will not endure a king as a political power, we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of any of the necessaries of life.

It's time to stop producing stuff, and start producing fun.

We are told that this is an odious and unpopular tax. I never knew a tax that was not odious and unpopular with the people who paid it.

I never initiated nor did the FBI ever initiate any conversation or correspondence with me.

Sometimes the best gear for a climb is a good excuse.

It lasted but a year of two, till all the routes were done. The pace so fast that most forgot that climbing could be fun.

The police had already found the cartridges and the rifles and the bag in the Texas School Depository and within a half an hour, those facts were known.

At home you could depend on your parents, but in America you are on your own and should make as many friends as you can . . . You don't know who may hold out a helpful hand in your hour of need.

It occurred to Gavin that the first thought a groom had upon spying his bride shouldn’t be to wonder whether or not she wore knickers.

Too much praise cannot be bestowed on those who managed my artillery.

I'm writing the book to a children's musical. I got a note from the producers saying, "Can't you make it campier?" So now, I'm trying to determine the camp sensibility of the average eight year old.

The Buddha gave equal opportunities to women. But we, even as followers of Buddha, neglected that.

If I didn't have a front-row seat on history, it was at least a seat on the aisle.

The [Kodak is] the only witness I have encountered in my long experience that I couldn't bribe.

Developing your own style became something very interesting, very important to me.

I've never been afraid to step out and to reach out and to move out in order to make things happen.