Every word you add dilutes the sentence.

Ritual is important to us as human beings. It ties us to our traditions and our histories.

You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone.

I manage a toast to the Christmas tree and one to the sweet absurdity in the miracle of the verb to be. Lucky you, lucky me.

I manage a toast to the Christmas treeand one to the sweet absurdityin the miracle of the verb to be.Lucky you, lucky me.

Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough, A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse - and ThouBeside me singing in the Wilderness -And Wilderness is Paradise enow.

How do you mourn endless numbers of people in endless numbers of places? Is there a form for it, a requisite time and place for mourning? Is there ever an end to it? Can there ever be an end to it?

Adult helplessness destroys children. Or it forces them to become tiny adults of their own.

I wish upon a glimmering star, My hopes as distant and as far. So if this wish does not come true, I’m thankful for the few that do.

I would prefer to have no money but to have a nice family and good friends around.

If you were to sell your character, would you get full retail or would it go for a bargain-basement price?

I generally concentrate on work for three or four hours every morning. I sit at my desk and focus totally on what I’m writing. I don’t see anything else, I don’t think about anything else.

Going back to Baltimore is awesome because all my friends still live there and there's never a dull moment when you're hanging out with your high-school friends.

At root, the Tea Party is nothing more than a them-versus-us thing.

There are certain stars who are not actors. I don't want to be that type.