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“The true guide of our conduct is no outward authority, but the voice of God, who comes down to dwell in our souls, who knows all our thoughts, to whom are owing all the truth we know, and all the good we do; for vice is voluntary, and virtue comes from the grace of the heavenly spirit within.”
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“When people forget themselves, they usually do things others remember.”
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“I finally managed to try to do away with myself, as neatly and concisely as possible. I would rather die young leaving various accomplishments, some work, my friendship with you, and some other artifacts intact, instead of pell-mell erasing all of these delicate things.”
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“I don't get rattled about the big things. I get rattled when I have to pick up my laundry, get gas in the car, pick up a script.”
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“The higher you go in a company, the less oxygen there is, so supporting intelligent life becomes difficult.”
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“A girl told me my lips looked like somebody had pressed strawberry yogurt against my face.”
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“To be really cosmopolitan a man must be at home even in his own country.”
Source : Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1880). “Short Studies of American Authors”
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“The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead”
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“I've always been schizophrenic; I've never been interested in limiting myself.”
Source : "Griffin Dunne is 'Famous'". Interview with Anthony Kaufman, www.indiewire.com. August 21, 2001. 
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“My writing routine is everyday I put a record on, the same one since 20 years. Then I burn a stick of incense, I put perfume here on the insides of my soles, I paint my left ***** red, and I write.”
