Sometimes you believe a thing that isn't true because in the world you wish to live in, it would be true.

Though the barriers of life seem formidable, we find when we challenge them that they have no will.

In comparing religious belief to science, I try to remember that science is belief also.

Genius is a plodding intellect, incapable of dreaming up the obstacles that stop the rest of us.

There is never an embarrassing silence that can't be turned into a regrettable conversation.

In the end you regret less the things you believed that weren't true than the things that never came true because you didn't believe.

The artist gazes upon a reality and creates his own impression. The viewer gazes upon the impression and creates his own reality.