The great virtue of being alone is that your mind can go its own way.

Art is a by-product of an honest and successful attempt to do something well.

I've learned .... That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.

I dislike loud-mouthed patriots who suggest they like our country more than I do. Some people's idea of patriotism is hating other countries.

I don't know anything offhand that mystifies Americans more than the cotton they put in pill bottles. Why do they do it? Are you supposed to put the cotton back in once you've taken a pill out?

I am an atheist... I don't understand religion at all. I'm sure I'll offend a lot of people by saying this, but I think it's all nonsense.

Everyone hates war, everyone says.