The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.
While we have the gift of life, it seems to me that only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity, or our glorious uniqueness.
Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.
The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.
When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees.