A net of words, he said at last, is more powerful than a net of rope.

Shall I add a man to my collection?

I wish you were small again, so I could hold you in my arms and comfort you. But you are grown, and you know that for some things there is no comfort.

You--cannot ever be certain of those you love--that they will not hurt you, even loving you. But to make me certain to love you, will be to take away any love I might give you freely.

I need you to forgive me. And then perhaps I can begin to forgive myself. There is no one but you who can do that either.

Be patient, as you must always be patient with new pale seeds buried in the dark ground. When you are stronger, you can begin to think again. But now is the time to feel.

There's no such thing as fiction", Annie told him once. "If you can imagine something, then it's happened.

I sailed on the cold air currents above the rooftops of Paris. I could see the river, the Louvre Museum, the gardens and palaces. And a mouse-yum. Hang on, Carter, I thought. not hunting mice.

If the world is divided between Fascism and Communism, obviously Fascism must lose since it is the last, desperate refuge of the bourgeoisie

The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

When you are in your 20's and 30's, you just want a hit record and you don't really care how it happens

What I do is create an aura of mystery.

In politics, manipulating reality can take presidence over finding reality.

The future of rock n roll is Justin Bieber.

I just wanted to see how the shorts felt again.