I do everything myself, from engine start to engine shutdown. In a war, I will face alone the missiles and the flak and the small-arms fire over the front lines. If I die, I will die alone.

Thanks to you, I always am so happy. Now I want to give you all the happiness on your birthday.

Anyone desperate enough for suicide... should be desperate enough to go to creative extremes to solve problems: elope at midnight, stow away on the boat to New Zealand and start over, do what they always wanted to do but were afraid to try.

Sooner I'd try to change history than turn political, than try convincing others to write letters or to vote or to march or to do something they didn't already feel like doing.

Life's battles don't always go to the strongest or fastest; sooner or later those who win are those who think they can.

The simplest things are often the truest.

Mistakes - call them unexpected learning experiences.