Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S.

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... Can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.

The man who goes alone can start today but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.

Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I'd sit all day and way into the night. Up in front, there with the screen so big, a little kid all alone, and I loved it. I loved anything that moved up there and I didn't miss anything that happened and there was no popcorn either.