Herman Melville

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.

They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.

There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals.

I've had people following me home or standing outside my house. It's strange. I just don't think people were meant to be worshipped or idolised.

You have to have really wide reading habits and pay attention to the news and just everything that's going on in the world: you need to. If you get this right, then the writing is a piece of cake.

Everything that I will ever accomplish, I owe to God, to my parent's sacrifices, and to the United States of America.