Gurion would lament: What is the good of trying to do justice if God will kill me and my family whether or not I do justice?

It is dangerous to exist in the world. To exist is to be threatened. We must live with threats.

The point was to learn what it was we feared more: being misunderstood or being betrayed.

Without pain, there is no call for anger, much less rampaging.

Regarding vengeance and arch-enemies, one must not only be timely but prideful, and pride exacts propriety.

...I might mention my belief that girls who like Woody Allen movies are nicer girls than girls who don't...

Making hard decisions in life to accomplish the dreams, It requires a gut from within.

Had we but world enough and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. We would sit down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long love’s day.

You cannot be a good writer of serious fiction if you are not depressed.

I really love poetry. I'm a big E.E. Cummings fan and a big Walt Whitman fan, and I have a big book of poetry.

I'm more the sort of person who doesn't like hugging strangers because we don't know each other, so we shouldn't.

In the end, there is really nothing more important than taking care of the earth and letting it take care of you.

Despite all the cynical things writers have said about writing for money, the truth is we write for love. That is why it is so easy to exploit us.

Expand within your church. Expand within the people you have contact. Bring them up to speed in knowledge on what’s going on.

We have a lot of options. America is a great country.

I am the mother of the wicked, as I am the mother of the virtuous. Never fear. Whenever you are in distress, say to yourself, ‘I have a mother.