The artist uses the talent he has, wishing he had more talent. The talent uses the artist it has, wishing it had more artist.

Most often the person you would die for would settle for dinner and a movie.

The trick to liking who you are is not to hate too much the person it turned out you weren't.

Now and then it's good to list all the things you regularly do for which there was once a good reason.

The thing about family disasters is that you never have to wait long before the next one puts the previous one into perspective.

We find things where we look for them.

More good has been accomplished by simple people seeking their own honest ends than by all the philanthropists in history.