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The religious instinct will never be replaced by law or even philanthropy.
The only times I'm not relaxed are when I haven't got a project on the go.
Here, in my solitude, I have the feeling that I contain too much humanity.
From an early age onward, it was said that 'Ingmar has no sense of humor.'
Life's not so bad after all. There are not only poison but also antidotes.
Roots are not in landscape or a country, or a people, they are inside you.
...when everything else fails, we communicate in the language of the stars
Love is a free contract that begins with a spark and can end the same way.
I get up every morning early, when the sky is red, and write for 10 hours.
A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.
Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules.
I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth.
He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.
Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.
Ultimately we've only got humanity to work with. It's only clay we've got.
It is seldom men think of death in the pride of their health and strength.
I think as an artist or a writer it's OK to want to control your own work.
Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people.
I have confidence that God is with us in all things, both tender and tough
I've no use for talking, would just as soon store paper clips in my mouth.
all griefs, when there is no bitterness in them, are soothed down by time.
You can't put cuffs on Mr. Cluck! What will the kids think?" Stuart Bagget
Good thing he's dead," Lula said, "or that would have hurt like the devil.
I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks.
As if finding a guy to solve your problems isn't a contradiction of terms.
Add anchovies to almost anything, in moderation, and it will taste better.
Animals feed themselves; men eat; but only wise men know the art of eating
Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.
This is your heart.Keep it locked until the chap turns up who has the key.
Destiny is a worrying concept. I don't want to be fated, I want to choose.
Solitude is a place where all is quiet - except the beating of your heart.
When I do my best work, the stories tend to be pretty emotionally-charged.
You can be deeply non-serious and still focused, disciplined, and on task.
Meet me where the sky touches the sea. Wait for me where the world begins.
Home was where others had to gather grace. Home was what I wanted to flee.
We long to be found, hoping our searchers have not given up and gone home.
The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.
Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
The demand to be safe in a relationship inevitably breeds sorrow and fear.
Isn't the origin of conflict ego? If there is no ego there is no becoming.
The government that is wise will consider what is best for all its people.
Look at that battle you are involved in; you are caught in it: you are it.
I am still sure of absolute wrong but much less certain of absolute right.
...crushed between the fears of going forward and the dread of going back.
I'm not a new-agey person, but narrative is ancient and wise and generous.
I've got a big, long list of stuff you're entitled to hate about my books.
I'd like to live in Paris, New York, and Los Angeles all at the same time.
Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.
The quarter of an hour before dinner is the worst that suitors can choose.