The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
To spend our days betting on three-legged horses with beautiful names
Because when I read, I don't really read; I pop a beautiful sentence into my mouth and suck it like a fruit drop, or I sip it like a liqeur until the thought dissolves in me like alcohol, infusing brain and heart and coursing on through the veins to the root of each blood vessel.
He was a gentle and sensitive soul, and therefore had a short temper, which is why he went straight after everything with an ax.
No book worth its salt is meant to put you to sleep, it's meant to make you jump out of your bed in your underwear and run and beat the author's brains out.
I always loved twilight: it was the only time of day I had the feeling that something important could happen. All things were more beautiful bathed in twilight, all streets, all squares, and all the people walking through them; I even had the feeling that I was a handsome young man, and I liked looking at myself in the mirror, watching myself in the shop windows as I strode along, and even when I touched my face, I felt no wrinkles at my mouth or forehead.
It's interesting how young poets think of death while old fogies think of girls.
I always say there's no ticket of admission for active citizenship. Anybody can get through that gate, and anybody can ask that basic question that gets the ball rolling.
Rock music is a vehicle of anti-religion
I turned down 'Some Like It Hot. ' See how smart I am? I felt I couldn't bring anything funny to it. The outfit was funny. I don't need to compete with the wardrobe.
I know for a fact that I am not as fulfilled, happy or passionate about life if I have not spent time helping others.