We know less when we erroneously think we know than when we recognize that we don't.
Love is a battlefield.
I've enjoyed every age I've been, and each has had its own individual merit. Every laugh line, every scar, is a badge I wear to show I've been present, the inner rings of my personal tree trunk that I display proudly for all to see. Nowadays, I don't want a "perfect" face and body; I want to wear the life I've lived.
If at any moment of the day I ever think I'm remotely cool at all, which is hardly ever, I have two daughters who make sure that never happens.
You have to be true, you have to be honest. . Don't do anything, just figure out what it is that is true to you, what makes you happiest to do and be out there. And if it doesn't work, then you just have to call it a day and go find something else. But don't make it up. Don't go out there and pretend to be something you aren't.
We live and learn from our mistakes, the deepest cuts are healed by faith.
You can't change the past so don't let it haunt you. You can change the future but first you've got to want to.
Ansel [Adams] always jumped over the fence to photograph, walked past the garbage. He always looked to get an immaculate view, and I spent my life stepping back to include the garbage in my photographic view.
I was most incorrigibly devoted to versifying, and all my spouse's wholesome admonitions had no manner of effect on me; in short, I believe this scribbling itch is an incurable disease.
As before, there is a great silence, with no end in sight. The writer surrenders, listening.
If we cannot agree, let us at any rate agree to differ, but let us part as friends.