“When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.”

“Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.”

“When all think alike, then no one is thinking.”

“Books and people are alike in one respect: they're both full of thoughts.”

“Somehow, when a person you like reads your poem and says they like it, the poem seems all fresh and new afterwards. I wonder why?”

“...the state should support art,construed not as amusement but as one of the chief carriers of civilization.”

“There is an old Jewish story, an ordinary Jewish joke. A father was teaching his little son to be less afraid and have more courage. “Jump,” he said, “and I will catch you.” And the little boy trusted him and the little boy jumped. And when his father caught him he felt filled with love. And when he didn’t, he was filled with something else…something more. Life. (From the movie 'Then She Found Me.')”