Awareness seeped in and brought its friends Pain and Agony for a visit.

In death, you once more challenge people from every strata, religion, and position to think about how their own actions do and can change the world for better or worse.

At this point in time the war [ WWII] is close enough to still feel hotly personal to a writer, yet far enough away so that jingoism and heroics are no longer required.

Without "The Law of Moses" would we all be wandering around like little gods, stealing, raping, and spilling blood whenever our vanity was offended?

Properly speaking, should any individual ever have exact, clear knowledge of his own core consciousness?" "I wouldn't know," I said. "Nor would we," said the scientists.

It's really corny to say, but if you are happily married and have good kids, that is about 98 per cent of what you should be seeking to achieve.

A real ballerina must fill her space with her own personality.

Writing is easy. Just sit in front of a typewriter, open up a vein and bleed it out drop by drop.

I always thought I would have boys, but as a father, when your kids are born and they’re healthy and happy, that’s the most important thing.

Knowledge is like fire 'cause it breaks down things so you can see what they truly are. It's like how a fire breaks your body down to carbon.

I am a financial planner, not a psychiatrist, but I do know that your net worth will rise to meet your self-worth only if your self-worth rises to accept what can be yours.