“Hell is full of musical amateurs.”

Whisky is liquid sunshine.

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.

If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.

Imagination is the beginning of creation.

Doing what needs to be done may not make you happy, but it will make you great.

A man of my spiritual intensity does not eat corpses.

Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.

When we’re living as amateurs, we’re running away from our calling – meaning our work, our destiny, the obligation to become our truest and highest selves.

The amateur tweets. The pro works.

Every master was once a beginner. Every pro was once an amateur.

The sign of the amateur is overglorification of and preoccupation with the mystery. The professional shuts up. She doesn’t talk about it. She does her work.

I’m very, very amateur, which is funny because I’m not in the amateur leagues.

Chess has this in common with making poetry; that the desire for it comes upon the amateur in gusts.

Patience and persistence are two characteristics that differentiate the professional from the amateur.