To accept on faith is the basic requirement for getting on with life.

When compiling his great dictionary, the young Noah Webster travels to the Himalayas, where he climbs to the cave of the world's wises man. 'O, great sage,' he says, 'tell me the meaning of life.' The sage sits Noah at his feet and, with great solemnity, commences to unfold the meaning of life. When finished, he places a hand on the young man's shoulder and says, 'Do you have any other questions, my son?' Noah flips a page in his notebook and says, 'You wouldn't know the meaning of lift, would you?'

In the end there doesn't have to be anyone who understands you. There just has to be someone who wants to.

You spend the first two-thirds of your life asking to be left alone and the last third not having to ask.

I like friends who, when you tell them you need a moment alone, know enough not to stray too far.

A successful artist is inspired by his muse, and his muse is inspired by the payment of a commission.

An old belief is like an old shoe. We so value its comfort that we fail to notice the hole in it.