"The greatest poem is not that which is most skillfully constructed, but that in which there is the most poetry."

"Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance."

"Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom."

"Be thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be meant to receive greater."

"I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself."

"My main hope for myself is to be where I am."

"Ignore the awful times, and concentrate on the good ones."

"From the errors of others a wise man corrects his own."

"Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive."

"Anybody remotely interesting is mad, in some way or another."