"Age childish makes, they say, but 'tis..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“Nothing is more consonant with Nature than that she puts into operation in the smallest detail that which she intends as a whole.”

“Life is but a preparation for what there is to come.”

“An absent friend gives us friendly company when we are well assured of his happiness.”

“Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.”

“Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.”

“Time. It hangs heavy for the bored, eludes the busy, flies by the for young, and runs out for the aged.”

“At one time in my life, from the time I was seven until I was about 13, I didn't speak. I only spoke to my brother. The reason I didn't speak: I had been molested, and I told the name of the molester to my brother who told it to the family.”

“When I was a kid, a book I read advised young artist to be themselves. That decided it for me. I was a corny kind of guy, so I went in for corn.”

“I never had the vaguest idea whether any of it had anything to do with me, especially being a sixth grader. When I got older and traveled, I'd read about the history of where I was going. I'd be like, "Oh, history is kind of interesting."”