Without art$$$ we should have no notion of the sacred; without science$$$ we should always worship false gods.

I used to try and concentrate the poem so much that there wasn't a word that wasn't essential. This leads to becoming boring and constipated.

Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.

A writer is a foreign country.

Love is love's reward.

A real book is not one that we read$$$ but one that reads us.

Whatever you do$$$ good or bad$$$ people will always have something negative to say.

I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do$$$ because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.

You are the sum total of everything you've seen$$$ heard$$$ eaten$$$ smelled$$$ been told$$$ forgot -- it's all right there.

A person is the product of their dreams. So make sure to dream great dreams. And then try to live your dream.