Especially on rainy nights like this, they would congregate under the bridge, all the boys from nowhere, the boys who lived nowhere, who had nowhere else to go.

Sometimes sanity just means the ability to recognize the end of the road when you reach it.

When you say "I love you", I expect you to prove it.

An ametuer is an artist who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to paint.

In normal life, 'simplicity' is synonymous with 'easy to do,' but when a chef uses the word, it means 'takes a lifetime to learn.'

Writing, real writing, should leave a small sweet bruise somewhere on the writer . . . and on the reader.

I really believe in less is more. It's more sophisticated to look look and fresh and make a statement in one place.

Life to me is an adventure and you've got to experience everything.

To persevere, I think, is important for everybody. Don't give up, don't give in. There's always an answer to everything.

I write every day. Writing is a necessity - like eating.

My town hall meetings are with friends and neighbors, fellow Americans. We engage.

I doubt we will ever be forgiven. All I hope is – they'll remember we were human beings