the windy sky Cries out a literate despair.

True villains are extremely photogenic.

All the great things have been denied and we live in an intricacy of new and local mythologies, political, economic, poetic, which are asserted with an ever-enlarging incoherence.

The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The imagination is one of the forces of nature.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.

I do not know which to prefer - The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling Or just after.

It is not everyday that the world arranges itself into a poem.

Happy the man who gains sagacity in youth but thrice happy he who retains the fervour of youth in age.

In 29 years, I had recorded over 2, 200 songs. I was amazed.

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.

We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems.

I love shopping, but I can find something to buy wherever I go! London is great for shopping, as is Los Angeles and New York - but I can find a good shop in the middle of nowhere!

We have 51 golf courses in Palm Springs. He [President Ford] never decides which course he will play until after the first tee shot.

If the people were a little more ignorant, astrology would flourish - if a little more enlightened, religion would perish.

What if angry vectors veer Round your sleeping head, and form. There's never need to fear Violence of the poor world's abstract storm.

Writers write. That's all it is. It is as simple, and as complex, as that.

You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you don't agree with, or find disagreeable, so it's important to stress that balance.