If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life.

The arrogance of the artist is a very profound thing, and it fortifies you.

I wondered how a man ever got an English girl into bed. What did they do with her hockey stick?

Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

I do believe that everyone growing up faces differential opportunities. With me, it was books and travel and some good teachers.

The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.

I am terrified of restrictive religious doctrine, having learned from history that when men who adhere to any form of it are in control, common men like me are in peril.