What do I want in a doctor? Perhaps more than anything else-a friend with special knowledge.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

When the heart craved something so forcefully, then reason became nothing but helpless observer.

There are no experts, only varying degrees of ignorance

The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.

Successful people do the things that unsuccessful people won't do.

Ah, but depression - that is what we all hate. We the afflicted. Whereas the relatives and shrinks, the tribal ring, they rather welcome it: you are quiet and you suffer.

An enormous number of people come to the USA legally and then simply overstay their visas because we make no effort to hold them accountable to that or uphold the law.

If we are focusing on our needs, the relationship is in trouble.

A few years ago, I decided I wanted to be home with my family.

If you want something you can't afford, think what else that money could buy: a week's groceries, a month's rent, or a weekend away. That will put things into perspective.

I don't think I'm easy to talk about. I've got a very irregular head. And I'm not anything that you think I am anyway.