There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
I said to myself, I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me - shapes and ideas so near to me - so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn't occurred to me to put them down. I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer.
I wanted to flag you down because my friend was bleeding. Someone stabbed him."
Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
I'd never looked down the barrel of a gun before, but everything you've heard about the experience is true.
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.