Never obey anyone's command unless it is coming from within you also.
It is very difficult to be a hero without an audience, although, in a sense, we are each the hero of a peculiar, half-ruined film called our life.
There is such solace in the mere sight of water. It clothes us delicately in its blowing salt and scent, gossamer items that medicate the poor soul
That is because at the close of the day the ship we sail in is the soul, not the body.
Because it strikes me there is something greater than judgement. I think it is called mercy.
I am old enough to know that time passing is just a trick, a convenience. Everything is always there, still unfolding, still happening. The past, the present, and the future, in the noggin eternally, like brushes, combs and ribbons in a handbag.
I haven't really written my plays and books - I've heard them. The stories are there already, singing in your genes and in your blood.
The Constitution gives you the right to a lawyer, but it doesn't allow you the right to a good reputation.
Further up and further in!
Malcolm X had a habit of scribbling notes in small pieces of paper that [Alex] Haley would surreptitiously pick up at the end of their discussions.
I bet some of you feel sorry for me. Well don't. Having an artificial leg has its advantages. I've broken my right knee many times and it doesn't hurt a bit.