You know, that might be the answer - to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That's a trick that never seems to fail.

I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.

where are the snowdens of yesteryear?

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.

[They] agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.

Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.

But how can one be warm alone?

The Texan turned out to be good-natured, generous and likable. In three days no one could stand him.

That’s the problem with the world, ” he said. “You save it today, and tomorrow it’s gone and gotten itself into trouble all over again. It’s like a Kardashian.

My mother used to tell me, “Things always look worse at night.” For the most part, I believe her. But some of the troubles that keep me from sleeping look just as bad in the morning.

I am made of a thousand ghosts, only you can shoot me down.

I don't want to think about it, but I have to. Someone has to. I see the signs of spring and I weep...

I don't.""Don't what?" She asked, somewhat puzzled."I don't know many things. The only thing I know is that I know nothing.

It's easier to get rich than it is to explain not getting rich.

Is the parent better than the child into whom he has cast his ripened being? Whence, then, this worship of the past?

I hated golf when we first started, but a big part of the training process was falling in love with this sport, so I went on tour with the UCLA Team.

The thing about the banjo is when you first hear it, it strikes many people as what's that? There's something very compelling about it to certain people.

The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.