Even good people are obliged to deceive.
That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.
Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.
I am a confused Musician who got sidetracked into this goddamn Word business for so long that I never got back to music - except maybe when I find myself oddly alone in a quiet room with only a typewriter to strum on and a yen to write a song. Who kn...
Lambeau: You're angry at me for doing what you could have done; but ask yourself, Sean. Ask yourself if you want Will to feel that way, if you want him to feel like a failure. Sean: Oh, you arrogant shit! That's why I don't come to the goddamned reun...
[first lines] Tony Stark: I feel like you're driving me to court martial. This is crazy. What did I do? I feel like you're gonna pull over and snuff me. What, you're not allowed to talk? Hey, Forrest! Jimmy: We can talk, sir. Tony Stark: Oh, I see. S...
Holly Golightly: You know those days when you get the mean reds? Paul Varjak: The mean reds, you mean like the blues? Holly Golightly: No. The blues are because you're getting fat and maybe it's been raining too long, you're just sad that's all. The ...
The beautiful unruliness of literature is what makes it so much fun to wander through: you read Jane Austen and you say, oh, that is IT. And then you turn around and read Sterne, and you say, Man, that is IT. And then you wander across a century or s...
I play as I feel.
I feel at home when I go to London.
I feel at home in an orchestral score.
I feel great, the prognosis is excellent.
Mania is a wonderful feeling.
I feel I have so much more to deliver than music.
I'm old, but I'm not good enough to be jaded.
Good people are good people; religion has nothing to do with it.
Good books makes good life. Great books makes great life.
On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners.
If something is well-written, it has a chance to be good and if it's not well-written, it will not be good. It could even become popular, but it won't be good.
Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one.
What I've realized over the years is that I have some pretty good friends.
