Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it.
We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.
Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.
It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.
Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough.
All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.
I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.
Purity of heart is to will one thing.
If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.
Give up trying to make me give up
I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.
I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.
I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.
Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
The cloud is free only to go with the wind. The rain is free only in falling.
Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned.