I was an artistic dilettante for a while, in photography and collage and the visual arts.

We all know that a sympathetic and intelligent listener not only flatters our vanity, but also frequently enables us to crystallize our own ideas to the best advantage. Why, then, do we so often refuse to perform this service?

Friendship is to be purchased only by friendship. A man may have authority over others, but he can never have their hearts but by giving his own.

The Devil never tempts us with more success than when he tempts us with a sight of our own good actions.

If you going to live by a certain code - as Bob Dylan said, you gotta serve somebody.

I was studying acting in New York, and wasn't being hired by anyone to do anything other than to work in an Oriental rug warehouse.

A great man is made so for others.