Every orientation presupposes a disorientation.

Culture is a little like dropping an Alka- Seltzer into a glass- you don't see it, but somehow it does something

Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.

A pathological business, writing, don't you think? Just look what a writer actually does: all that unnatural tense squatting and hunching, all those rituals: pathological!

The reality in which a camera turns up is always posed, e.g., the moon landing.

No matter what level of success, there is no such thing as a secure writer

Europe is, perhaps, the least worn-out of the continents, because it is the most lived in. A place that is lived in lives.

Acting can be an amazingly cathartic thing - especially for young girls.

The final result of too much routine is death in life.

If professional religious leaders can [no longer] instruct..., our artists and creative writers can perhaps step into this priestly role and bring fresh insight to our lost and damaged world.

Sweet mother of chaos," he breathed. "Rachel, you are indeed one of us. Have your time in the sun. You're worth the extra wait.

Without the frown of clouds and lightning, the vines would be burned by the smiling sun.

Human life is the result of a glorious evolutionary accident.

Family, community, and the realm of the private self - your mind, body, and spirit - are all important sources of the inspiration, support, and ideas we all need to lead the lives we want.

Now 'tis spring, and weeds are shallow-rooted; Suffer them now and they'll o'ergrow the garden.