People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.

There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.

We princes are set as it were upon stages in the sight and view of the world.

A lie never lives to be old.

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment

I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic

If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

There's real poetry in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality

As long as we believe in absurdities we shall continue to commit atrocities.

The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what's that? The freedom to starve?

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

The lifestyle I`ve been living for the last 30 years, I could have been dead a thousand times.

Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

When you get to a certain age, there is no coming back.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.

A toast, Jedediah, to love on my terms. Those are the only terms anybody ever knows - his own.

The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their own.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.