No individual is isolated. He who is sad, saddens others.

It is the duty of the ship's captain to make port, cost what it may.

And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.

Perhaps creativity is fumbling that dance step, or driving the chisel the wrong way into the stone.

The field of consciousness is tiny. It accepts only one problem at a time. Get into a fist fight, put your mind on the strategy of the fight, and you will not feel the other fellow's punches.

Trying to be witty leads to lying, more or less.

When I find a woman attractive, I have nothing at all to say. I simply watch her smile. Intellectuals take apart her face in order to explain it bit by bit, but they no longer see the smile.