There are two distinct groups of people in the world: the ones who tell stories, and those who pay attention.

I love to lose myself in other men's minds.... Books think for me.

There's an epigram tacked to my office bulletin board, pinched from a magazine -- "Wanting to meet an author because you like his work is like wanting to meet a duck because you like pâté.

The human heart may find here and there a resting-place short of the highest height of affection, but we seldom stop in the steep, downward slope of hatred.

As if he hadn't always known he was loved the best. That he was the Beloved.

All we actually have is our body and its muscles that allow us to be under our own power.

The poets scrolls will outlive the monuments of stone. Genius survives; all else is claimed by death.

I just trust people and they sense everything's gonna be alright.

In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me 'Jackie Who?'.

My name was originally John Collins, but I just didn't think it had the flair I needed. I found out the poet laureate of Poland was named Krasinski and so it seemed like a shoe-in for show business.

Katy skipped over, her low-rise jeans threatening to fall off her skinny hips. With some girls, that was a sexy look. With Katy, it made you nervous.