There is no magic when one no longer believes.

Magic doesn't happen often - not once in a blue moon ... I expect there isn't another magic ship like this one in the whole world.

Five syllables, " Apollo said, counting them on his fingers. "That would be real bad.

No one lights a lamp in order to hide it behind the door: the purpose of light is to create more light, to open people's eyes, to reveal the marvels around.

Language consists in equal parts of speaking and silence.

My poetry is not lyric. The epigrams are lyric because they come from my youthful period of lyricism, but my other poetry is not lyric.

I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down.

We tell our thoughts, like our children, to put on their hats and coats before they go out.

I require something so horrifically alcoholic that it makes livers tremble with fear and run for their lives when its name is uttered.

Giving is a powerful action to bring more money into your life, because when you are giving you are saying, "I have plenty."

Confidence is essential, but ego is not.

He's a mean, mean man, but I love him all I can.