Because the world is radically new, the ideal encyclopedia should be radical, too.

I have learned a lot about good and evil - they are not always what they appear to be.

Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remember too well.

I have deceived my friends, and I had millions of them.

I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts.

I cannot take back one word or action; the past does not change for anyone.

I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I had always wanted. But things didn't work out that way.

Education in the West, particularly higher education in America, has lost the ability to see the universe from very far away.

My total winnings after 14 appearances were $129,000.

The notion that a human being should be constantly happy is a uniquely modern, uniquely American, uniquely destructive idea.

Let them say whatever gives them comfort.

Perhaps I should just bury myself and become a diamond after thousands of years of intense pressure

Adoration is caring for God above all else.

My post-child period resulted in one instant change: I write shorter books for kids.

Pay special attention to their agony so I might take some pleasure.

Jazz groups have to make a living any way.

With kiting, you have to land a trick, and in that instant you know whether you won or lost - I knew I could become the best in the world if I trained

Because every one of us has our box, a dark chamber stowing the thing that lanced our heart. It contains what you do everything for, strive for, wound everything around you.

Which was worse: a friend with brain damage, or one who despised you?