A writer's mind is a place where demons fight angels in disguise.

A writer's mind is a place where demons kill angels in disguise.

While you try to make peace on earth, the inhabitants of heaven are still at war.

Plans can break down. You cannot plan the future. Only presumptuous fools plan. The wise man steers.

Every species embodies a solution to some environmental challenge, and some of these solutions are breathtaking in their elegance.

America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit.

If you decide to become a dancer on Broadway, never say who your favorite dance partner is, because members of the media will presume you never want to dance with anybody else.

It is only of life on Earth, however, that one can speak with any certainty. It seems to me that all life on Earth, the sum total of life upon the Earth, has purpose.

I never kept a diary, but I wrote detailed notes of my travels.

There is no greater glory that can befall a man that what he achieves with the speed of his feet or the strength of his hands.

All great artists know that part of their task is to light up the distance between two human beings.

My life is going to continue to be public, and I just accept that.