There is a wolf in me... - I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me and the wilderness will not let it go.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, if the women don't get you then the whiskey must.

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life.

Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you that you are the man she thinks you are.

Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.

Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky - or the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time.