You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone.

There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still have to prove our worth anew each day; we have to prove that we are as good today as we were yesterday. But when we have a valid alibi for not achieving anything we are fixed, so to speak, for life.

The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything.

All mass movements avail themselves of action as a means of unification. The conflicts a mass movement seeks and incites serve not only to down its enemies but also to strip its followers of their distinct individuality and render them more soluble in the collective medium.

Creativity is discontent translated into arts.

I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.

The passion to get ahead is sometimes born of the fear lest we be left behind.