Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.

I still believe in the American Dream. I see it in terms of freedom, and a government that trusts its people to exercise freedom, that this is not a government that allows you to give, that allows you to explore, and doesn't dampen your own creativity - in the broadest sense - with a lot of dictums or dogmas or restraints. So, insofar as we can remain a free country that allows for the interplay of personal energies. I think this is still a country that is not only working towards a dream, but actually is the dream in action.

If you're telling me I'm not mature, that's one thing I don't cry over since as far as I can make out it's the same thing as being dead.

The measure of artistic merit is the length to which a writer is willing to go in following his own compulsions.

What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce. Mark Twain Women are an alien race set down among us.

Living is a compromise, between doing what you want and doing what other people want.

In memory's telephoto lens, far objects are magnified.