I saw the destruction of Dresden. I saw the city before and then came out of an air-raid shelter and saw it afterward, and certainly one response was laughter. God knows, that's the soul seeking some relief.

So many people think that practicing an art is a good way to make a living. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. I'm talking about singing in the shower, I'm talking about dancing to the radio, I'm talking about writing a poem to a friend.

Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.

I think, therefore I am, therefore I am photographable.

We were all gun nuts and they were called varmints, crows were, because they ate grain and so did we.

A lover's a liar, To himself he lies, The truthful are loveless, Like oysters their eyes!

I think you guys are going to have to come up with a lot of wonderful new lies, or people just aren't going to want to go on living.