The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much thinking, that it becomes dry and empty.

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It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they...

It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they...

This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to...

This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to...

Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and...

Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and...

I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain...

I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain...

Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. When we really listen to...

Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. When we really listen to...

All children have creative power.

All children have creative power.

I will tell you what I have learned myself. For me, a long five or...

I will tell you what I have learned myself. For me, a long five or...

Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody...

Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody...

Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands.

Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands.

The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat,...

The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat,...

Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God...

Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God...

I do not believe in God because I do not believe in Mother Goose

I do not believe in God because I do not believe in Mother Goose

God is just a concept, but music is tangible.

God is just a concept, but music is tangible.

God alone can finish

God alone can finish

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both...

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both...

I don't think that a same-sex marriage is the way God intended it to be.

I don't think that a same-sex marriage is the way God intended it to be.

If God sends you to the edge of a cliff, only two things can happen:...

If God sends you to the edge of a cliff, only two things can happen:...

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them

I am responsible only to God and history.

I am responsible only to God and history.

If someone were to prove to me - right this minute - that God, in...

If someone were to prove to me - right this minute - that God, in...