Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.

The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.

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.

Dare to risk public criticism.

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone.

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

The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.

People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

Of all the things I`ve lost I miss my mind the most.

Before I speak, I have something important to say.

Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.

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

Boards don't hit back.

I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.

Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.