And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem.

Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.

John Updike

Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.

Clarence Darrow

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.

Ambrose Bierce

I also remember the moment my life changed, the moment I finally said, I've had it! I know I'm much more than I'm demonstrating mentally, emotionally, and physically in my life. I made a decision in that moment which was to alter my life forever. I decided to change virtually every aspect of my life. I decided I would never again settle for less than I can be.

Anthony Robbins

When we were scared about 9/11, we federalized the airport security, we spent millions for body armor for dogs in Ohio. All that over-reaction comes from fear and government - bad combination.

John Stossel

Kisses were better than potions.

Gail Carson Levine

I am intrigued by inanimate objects. They're a piece of history, someone's statement and ideas of life.

Mike Mills

My life-my whole life- take it, and do with it what you will. I love you-love you as I have never loved any living thing. From the moment I met you I loved you, loved you blindly, adoringly,madly!You didn't know it then-you know it now.

Oscar Wilde

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Miguel de Cervantes

It is not everyday that the world arranges itself into a poem.

Wallace Stevens

But I think Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang really got that thing where, if a movie reads really funny and then has some dramatic or violent or sinister stuff in it, you can't forget that primarily it has to be even funnier than you read it or that other stuff doesn't work.

Robert Downey, Jr.

Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.

Doug Coupland