There have only been two authentic geniuses in the world, Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare and I think you'd better put Shakespeare first, darling.
Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans
With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always. No one has ever successfully painted or photographed a redwood tree. The feeling they produce is not transferable. From them comes silence and awe. It's not only their unbelievable stature, nor the color which seems to shift and vary under your eyes, no, they are not like any trees we know, they are ambassadors from another time.
And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
The camera need not be a cold mechanical device. Like the pen, it is as good as the man who uses it. It can be the extension of mind and heart.
Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.
Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
No one gets remembered for the things they didn't do
A fine line separates the weary recluse from the fearful hermit. Finer still is the line between hermit and bitter misanthrope.
It’s not about what you said. It’s not about what you did. It’s not about what you love. It’s about them feeling bad about themselves.