"Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them becuase they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere."

"The test of any man's character is how he takes praise."

"Before a man can wake up and find himself famous he has to wake up and find himself."

"I was working in a parking lot, which is a great place to learn the guitar. I sat in the booth and practiced all day long. And only two cars were stolen while I worked there."

"Man may be considered as a superior species of animal who produces philosophies and poems in about the same way a silkworm produces their cocoons and bees their hives."

"Perhaps one day this too will be pleasant to remember."

"Life goes on within you and without you."

"O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven;It hath the primal eldest curse upon 't, A brother's murder."

"If I didn't have writing, I'd be running down the street hurling grenades in people's faces."

"[When asked what was the proper time for supper] If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can."

"When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again."

"You will find that the mere resolve not to be useless, and the honest desire to help other people, will, in the quickest and delicatest ways, improve yourself."