If you want to dismiss a negative thought, the only way to do so is to think of something positive and constructive.
Without imagination, there is no goodness, no wisdom.
How wise must one be to be always kind.
Happy slaves are the bitterest enemies of freedom.
Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servants’ quarters and leaves the sumptuous rooms empty.
Genius points the way, talent takes it.
Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.
I am for an art that takes its form from the lines of life itself, that twists and extends and accumulates and spits and drips, and is heavy and coarse and blunt and sweet and stupid as life itself.
I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment.
. . . I hope that when you're my age, you'll be able to say as I have been able to say: We lived in freedom, we lived lives that were a statement, not an apology.
I believe in striving for excellence. I sweat the big and small stuff! I do not apologize for this.