An aphorism is a personal observation inflated into a universal truth, a private posing as a general.

There's something strange and powerful about black-and-white imagery.

Sorrows cannot all be explained away in a life truly lived, grief and loss accumulate like possessions.

Kenney knows two essential truths about melodrama: First that it is most powerful when combined with irony and understatement; and second that it is a salient feature of modern life.

The catalogue of miseries seems to cry out for commercial spots and a station break: the stuff of noonday soap opera.

Inside every man there is a poet who died young.

...telephone operators now routinely use '80s-babble, chirping, "Have a nice day," the moral equivalent of the smile button.

It is my feeling that Time ripens all things with Time all things are revealed Time is the father of truth.

A trusting heart is forgiven and, in turn, forgives.

If I were to die today, I would have some concern for Tibet. But I know that I have personally done as much as I can to use my existence for others. So I have no regret.

Congratulations to Chelsea Clinton. Over the weekend, she gave birth to a baby girl. The baby girl will not confirm or deny whether she's running in 2056.

The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.

Time's a strange fellow; more he gives than takes (and he takes all).

Borrowers will default. Markets will collapse. Gold (the ultimate form of safe money) will skyrocket.

A lot of people have realized that a good spiritual practice and a good meditation practice have real benefit. It’s not just something nice to do to make the universe happy.

America has faced much more difficult times, including potential national extinction, without flinching.

I wrote in the War of Art that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.