The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart.

Nobody will stop you from creating. Do it tonight. Do it tomorrow. That is the way to make your soul grow - whether there is a market for it or not! The kick of creation is the act of creating, not anything that happens afterward. I would tell all of you watching this screen: Before you go to bed, write a four line poem. Make it as good as you can. Don't show it to anybody. Put it where nobody will find it. And you will discover that you have your reward.

The practice of art isn't to make a living. It's to make your soul grow.

This world is not a vale of sorrows if you will recognize discriminatingly what is truly excellent in it; and if you will avail yourself of it for mutual happiness and well-being. Therefore, let us explain as often as possible, and particularly at the departure of life, that we base our faith on firm foundations, on Truth for putting into action our ideas which do not depend on fables and ideas which Science has long ago proven to be false.

The year was 2081, and everyone was finally equal.

What is the purpose of life?...To be the eyes and ears and conscience of the Creator of the Universe, you fool!

In the era of big brains, life stories could end up any which way. Look at mine.