everything happens to an artist; time is always redeemed, nothing is lost and wonders never cease.

Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life.

I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work.

The true novelist is one who understands the work as a continuous poem, is a myth-maker, and the wonder of the art resides in the endless different ways of telling a story.

To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul.

She wasn't a person to whom things happen. She did all the happenings.

Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life.

It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.

If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat . . .

If you're going to do a thing, you should do it thoroughly. If you're going to be a Christian, you may as well be a Catholic.

A rebellion against a tyrant is only immoral when it hasn't got a chance.

We are united by the bond of love.

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.

But one way or another, judges perform a very vital function in our society. They have a risky job and they are entitled to security.

If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it came from.

There is one Metallica. We have many styles, it's called Metallica.

I'll give you everything I've got for a little peace of mind

I can tell you all kinds of moral tales, but fashion and reality are vaguely different.

You don't need another person, place or thing to make you whole. God already did that. Your job is to know it.

Those who love each other shall become invincible.

Never test the depth of river with both the feet.