"Acting is not just doing! It is who you are being and what you are experiencing that causes you to do - to need to act. Then doing turns arounds and changes your being. But doing without being is lifeless."

“When I climb a fourteener, a 14,000-foot/4,260-meter peak, in the winter by myself, I leave an itinerary and information about where my vehicle will be parked and the name of the county sheriff to contact in case I don't get home.”

“I am Dracula.... I bid you welcome.”

“History is never above the melee. It is not allowed to be neutral, but forced to enlist in every army.”

Source : Allan Nevins (1962). “The Gateway to History”

“That’s what a map is, you know. Just a memory.”

“My views about God come from my dad. Dad told me that he believed Nature, which to him included humankind, to be so beautiful, so magnificent, that there had to be something behind it all.”

“Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.”

“Although Kurt Vonnegut may not be considered a humor writer, 'Breakfast of Champions' is one of the funniest books I've ever read.”

“Sammy Davis, I backed him up. I used to study him every night. I saw how great performers worked and was able to incorporate a little bit from the best.”