First publication is a pure, carnal leap into that dark which one dreams is life.

The words! I collected them in all shapes and sizes and hung them like bangles in my mind.

But memory, after a time, dispenses its own emphasis, making a feuilleton of what we once thought most ponderable, laying its wreath on what we never thought to recall.

if you listen too hard to the technology, your ear goes deaf to its implications.

perhaps there's no sharper spur to meditation than answered prayer.

Agony without genius was gaucherie.

When anything gets freed, a zest goes round the world.

Women can't travel light. We're in charge of the basic facts.

I always say that one's poetry is a solace to oneself and a nuisance to one's friends.

I get up and I have coffee and I speak to no man and I go to my desk.

This is my answer to the gap between ideas and action - I will write it out.

Push, push. Push harder!

If you don't know what to do next take the oath that will enhance your soul and erase your ego, & from the quiet space inside yourself, you will know what to do.

Get close to only those who renew our spirit and sense of purpose in life.

It's when someone has an agenda of their own for the record that it doesn't work for me.

Greenhouse gas emissions and global warming are among humanity's most pressing concerns. Societal expectations on climate change are real, and our industry is expected to take a leadership role.

Throw not my words away, as many do;They're gold in value, though they're cheap to you.

Feare may force a man to cast beyond the moone.

I don't think I'm going to get so mature that I lose touch with the whatever wounded part of myself that feels the need to be funny. I'm already old enough that I realize that's not going to happen.

I've had a really weird day, some joker threw bamboo in the penguin enclosure. They all vaulted out. It was a nightmare, it took me all morning to get them back in.

My first move as the manager of the machine shop was to introduce standardized work.