How are his poems?""He's not as good as he thinks he is, but then most of us feel that way.

People just weren't interesting. Maybe they weren't supposed to be. But animals, birds, even insects were. I couldn't understand it.

Our wounds are not a measure of one individual’s sad fate, but an indication of our unity with others.

When writing a book, don't think about who is going to see it. Write about how you feel in the moment. Don't let a good idea get away.

Archive material is a fabulous starting point - individual documents are like signposted roads, heading to a variety of intriguing possibilities.

Man is the only animal that knows he's going to die, so we invent a heaven to keep from going crazy. Most people are hypnotized by organized religion from childhood.

I can see so far because I stood on the shoulders of giants.

The formulation of a public relations strategy properly begins with listening, not talking.

After all, Jews invented psychiatry to help other Jews become Gentiles.

A good speech has a beginning, a middle and an end, the best example being, 'I love you.'

Living for ever would be like marrying yourself, with no possibility of a divorce.