There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

We were together. I forget the rest.

Either define the moment or the moment will define you.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

Be curious, not judgmental.

Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

The truth is simple. If it was complicated, everyone would understand it.

When one reaches out to help another he touches the face of God.

Finally, this being America, there is the constant possibility of murder.

New York City in life was much like New York City in death. It was still hard to get a cab, for example.

Writing poetry is what I am. I wouldn’t know what else to be.

I don't want to be a Hollywood star. I just want to do my job and enjoy it. My aim is to find my true identity and to remain true to myself.

Life had already given him sufficient reasons for knowing that no defeat was the final one.

Budget thy expenses that thou mayest have coins to pay for thy necessities, to pay for thy enjoyments, and to gratify thy worthwhile desires without spending more than nine-tenths of thy earnings.

The great thing about America is, you don't have to listen unless you want to.

As long as art is the beauty parlor of civilization, neither art nor civilization is secure.

I spent most of my time wrestling looking up at the lights.

College is the reward for surviving high school. Most people have great fun stories from college and nightmare stories from high school.