Mere opinions, in fact, were as likely to govern people's actions as hard evidence, and were subject to sudden reversals as hard evidence could never be. So the Galapagos Islands could be hell in one moment and heaven in the next, and Julius Caesar could be a statesman in one moment and a butcher in the next, and Ecuadorian paper money could be traded for food, shelter, and clothing in one moment and line the bottom of a birdcage in the next, and the universe could be created by God Almighty in one moment and by a big explosion in the next--and on and on.

Socialism is, in fact, a form of Christianity, people wishing to imitate Christ.

I'd rather have written "Cheers" than anything I've written.

There is nothing like death to say what is always such an artificial thing to say: The End.

There is one other book, that can teach you everything you need to know about life... it's The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, but that's not enough anymore.

Maturity, the way I understand it, is knowing what your limitations are.

The arts are not a way to make a living.