It seems to me that the thing that makes the theater worthwhile is the fact that it attracts so many people with ideas who are constantly trying to share them with the public. Real art is illumination. It gives a man an idea he never had before or lights up ideas that were formless or only lurking in the shadows of his mind. It adds stature to life.

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.

We tolerate differences of opinion in people who are familiar to us. But differences of opinion in people we do not know sound like heresy or plots.

Writing is not an end in itself but life transmuted into radiance.

Say "Yes" to the seedlings and a giant forest cleaves the sky. Say "Yes" to the universe and the planets become your neighbors. Say "Yes" to dreams of love and freedom. It is the password to utopia.

Life is seldom as unendurable as, to judge by the facts, it logically ought to be.

Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit.