If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development.

Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.

The mind that finds its way to wild places is the poet's; but the mind that never finds its way back is the lunatic's.

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.

When it is not in our power to determine what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

We are all worms, but I do believe that I am a glow-worm.

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.

A good liar must have a good memory.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.