Calligraphy is an art form that uses ink and a brush to express the very souls of words on paper.

It's only when we have nothing else to hold onto that we're willing to try something very audacious and scary.

He who knows himself best esteems himself least.

No matter how long it takes or how desperately a person battles or denies, the truth always-always-makes itself known.

Rest and motion, unrelieved and unchecked, are equally destructive.

I adore having people over to my home. My number one reason I love that is because I love to see people at ease with each other.

After an interval of two and a half centuries, the tradition of mystic illumination renewed itself in Italy and Germany.

As you get older, every chance to win a championship is more crucial, because you are going to have less and less of them.

You can't leave footprints in the sands of time while sitting down.

Don't ask for respect. Earn it.

I remember coming upon Philip Larkin in my 20s in the early '60s and when Sylvia Plath's "Ariel" came out it knocked me off my feet.