He loved her because it was his nature to do so, but there were times when he could not endure her love for him. There were times when it became nothing but pure idiot mystery...

She had observed that the more education they got, the less they could do. Their father had gone to a one-room schoolhouse through the eighth grade and he could do anything.

Remember what you won't get if you don't mind, " her grandfather remarked.

Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet.

We're actually making not one but 30 choices at a time: Our mind is making a choice. Our heart's making choices.

Do not take too artificial a view of mankind but judge them from a natural standpoint, deeming them neither over good nor over bad.

I've experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows. I think to really appreciate anything you have to be at both ends of the spectrum.

I'm not a big shopper.

Satyagraha thrives on repression till at last the repressor is tired of it and the object of satyagraha is gained.

Evan Rachel Wood is the best actress I've ever worked with, hands down.

We live in a society where we wake up our kids for school but not Fajr.

I'm a rock star because I couldn't be a soccer star.

I'm at the atheist end of the agnostic spectrum.