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

There is a danger in being persuaded before one understands.

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.

Labor, therefore, is a duty from which no man living is exempt, without forfeiting his right to his daily bread.

The fewer desires, the more peace.

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

It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them.