"It is an odd thing, but everyone who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world."

"It is most unwise for people in love to marry"

"Though inclination be as sharp as will, My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent, And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect."

"I can't mate in captivity."

"On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks."

"Art is the indespensible medium for the communication of a moral idea."

"Time has a wonderful way of showing us what really matters."

"Does a poet create, originate, initiate the thing called a poem, or is his behavior merely the product of his genetic and environmental histories?"

"Call no man foe, but never love a stranger."

"I have to say that the traditional role is kind of a myth. I think the traditional Mexican woman is a fierce woman."