Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread—and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness— Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!

Every song has its own personality.

"Every novel is a journey, both for the writer and the reader."