I encourage courtesy. To accept nothing less than courtesy, and to give nothing less than courtesy.

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.

When the human race neglects its weaker members, when the family neglects its weakest one - it's the first blow in a suicidal movement.

It's still scary every time I go back to the past. Each morning, my heart catches. When I get there, I remember how the light was, where the draft was coming from, what odors were in the air. When I write, I get all the weeping out.

If you will have a person enslaved, the first thing you must do is convince yourself that the person is subhuman. The second thing you have to do is convince your allies so you'll have some help, and the third and probably unkindest cut of all is to convince that person that he or she is subhuman and deserves it.

I believe in living a poetic life, an art full life. Everything we do from the way we raise our children to the way we welcome our friends is part of a large canvas we are creating.

Don't let the man bring you down.