A chair is not just a product of decorative art in a space, it is a form and a space in itself

One cannot create happiness with beautiful objects, but one can spoil quite a lot of happiness with bad ones

Transferring my anger and pain onto paper turns it into something tangible, something that can be shredded or burned, or at the very least, sealed shut in a box. ~Call Me Tuesday

...if you're an actor, and you've thought your way into the part, then you're character portrayal will have authority...

Who's driving this car, Stevie Wonder?

You could get a cheer by saying: 'Let's withdraw from Afghanistan', but I don't think that's where the public's at. It wouldn't be responsible.

Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.

What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.

What if man were required to educate his children without the help of talking animals.

The near absence of bargains works as a reverse indicator for us. When we find there is little worth buying, there is probably much worth selling.

[Donald] Trump phenomenon is just marbles with all this toxic stuff, the misogyny, the outright bigotry and so now people are left to try to pull this apart.

The deafest man can hear praise, and is slow to think any an excess.