People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.

Sanity is a madness put to good uses.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

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

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

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

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.

There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.

Moonlight is sculpture.

Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.

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.

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

If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

I'll always be poor in my mind.