In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me.

The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.

Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.

There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me.

Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want.

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not anymore what you will become. It is what you are and always will be.

Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one thing that stops women laughing at them.

The supposed great misery of our century is the lack of time.

There are many reasons why novelists write, but they all have one thing in common - a need to create an alternative world.

I don't think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America, and they never really forgave me.

That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see the relationships between objects.

Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.

In essence the Renaissance was simply the green end of one of civilization's hardest winters.

An answer is always a form of death.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.

Follow the accident, fear the fixed plan--that is the rule.

Adulthood is not an age, but a stage of knowledge of self.

Being an atheist is a matter not of moral choice, but of human obligation.

Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes chess made flesh a mixture of proud chivalry and base in both senses greed.

To write poetry and to commit suicide apparently so contradictory had really been the same attempts at escape.

There are two kinds of hangover in one you feel ill and incapable in the other you feel ill and lucid.

The newspapers are full of what we would like to happen to us and what we hope will never happen to us.

Wolves don't hunt singly, but always in pairs. The lone wolf was a myth.

It must essentially remain a novel of adolescence written by a retarded adolescent.

When I got Jacob's Latter, I was nervous because I felt I wasn't allowed to fail. I felt that they were waiting for one little failure and that would prove them right and I'd be, 'out of there.'

If you are humble enough to admit to your flaws then you are capable of correcting them.

If you make the unconditional commitment to reach your most important goals, if the strength of your decision is sufficient, you will find the way and the power to achieve your goals.

The room where I am lodging is stupendous. Thank God I am as fit as a fiddle.

The best thing I've ever heard another player say is, 'I hate playing against you.'

Changing course is never easy.

It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age.

You can't beat 2 guitars, bass, and drums.

Poetry is a lousy form of activism; it doesn't really change much. And maybe we can point to one or two historical times when a poem has started a revolution or a rebellion or an uprising, but it doesn't happen that often, and if you put the number of poems next to the number of political acts, it would be pretty slim.

When I was a kid, I never felt that what I was drawing really represented me; it was just something I enjoyed.

When I go, if there's a tombstone it will say, She doesn't give in. She doesn't give up. And she never takes no for an answer.

I believe that God made this wonderful universe and all that exists.

There are 100 different doors to come into the conservative movement. You can disagree with 99 of them, as long as you agree on one: more-limited government.

It's probably odd for someone to read an interview where the interviewee is worried about exposure while they're talking in an interview.

Communities don't have rights. Only individuals in the community have rights.

If I can have the opportunity to go into an editing room, it's like the golden ticket for me. All I want is to learn about everything else in the filmmaking process. I just directed a music video which just came out and that'd sort of be the area of the field that I'm going to move into, I hope.

The strength of individual greatness makes a great team.

If I had the choice to travel to two places in Europe, it would be Paris and London.

The shock of the way I mix patterns and fabrics can be disconcerting, but what I am trying to do is provoke new ideas about how pieces can be put together in different ways. I think this is a more modern way to wear clothes that in themselves are fairly classic.

Once you do one bad guy, usually all you get offered is bad guys. But I've been able to do different things.

There are so many people who are so much better qualified to write about politics than I am.

I think 'Y&R's future is contingent upon the ratings. Obviously, none of the soaps are kept alive for the sake of loyalty. It's all about ratings. It's show business. Period.

I don't prefer much of film over stage. The only thing I prefer is the paycheck.