A despot doesn't fear eloquent writers preaching freedom- he fears a drunken poet who may crack a joke that will take hold.
Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college.
Habitually creative people are prepared to be lucky.
Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
The circus comes as close to being the world in microcosm as anything I know; in a way, it puts all the rest of show business in the shade.