Don't underestimate the power of a guilty mind. Never underestimate self-shame and self-destruction.

see the whole stretched out universe twinkles in its little hopelessness and the soul needs insignificance just like our little stars do.

Even I realized that money was to politicians what the eucalyptus tree is to koala bears: food, water, shelter, and something to crap on.

I'm into books - I love literature, so I toyed with the idea of being an English teacher. I had a fantastic English teacher at school. I think great English teachers make the world go round.

I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.

Writers, as they gain success, feel like outsiders because writers don't come together in real groups.

The truth and the facts aren't necessarily the same thing. Telling the truth is the object of all art; facts are what the unimaginative have instead of ideas.

I want to remember it all, the good times and the bad times, the late nights, the boozing, the dancing into dawns, and all the great and not-so-great people I met and loved in those years.

Where government is impossible, politics is impossible.

Charlie Studd has written me a delightful letter... He thinks the Chinese language was invented by the devil to prevent the Chinese from ever hearing the Gospel properly.

Always humble yourself lovingly before God and man, because God speaks to those who are truly humble of heart, and enriches them with His gifts.