In the increasingly convincing darkness the words become palpable, like a fruit that is too beautiful to eat.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

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.

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.

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

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it.

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

Could be worse . . . I could be Sting.

The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director

It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.

Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action.

The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.

There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.