Franny was staring at the little blotch of sunshine with a special intensity, as if she were considering lying down in it.

Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.

She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.

One day a long time from now you'll cease to care anymore whom you please or what anybody has to say about you. That's when you'll finally produce the work you're capable of.

Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.

I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake.

And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.

The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.

No, no, no, no. Don't get carried away, man. One thaw is not the summer.

There are zero excuses or delays when oneself is determined to grow.

A 'naughty pickle' is how I'd best describe myself. I think fun and laughter is the whole point of life.

Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It's about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.

A melody is not merely something you can hum.

Trying to trade during a losing streak is emotionally devastating. Trying to play 'catch up' is lethal.

You cannot struggle to joy. Struggle and joy are not on the same channel. You joy your way to joy. You laugh your way to success. It is through your joy that good things come.

Every day I'm thinking about change.

I've said goodbye to the overworked notion that architecture has to save the world.

our quarrels with the world are like our quarrels with God: no matter how right we are, we are wrong.