I always overpay or overtip when I'm upset.

I suppose you know where this country would be, where the world would be, if everyone who got depressed by the papers stopped reading them.

In violent and chaotic times such as these, our only chance for survival lies in creating our own little islands of sanity and order, in making little havens of our homes.

No one writes anything worth writing, unless he writes entirely for the sake of his subject.

How ’bout you take this Cajun injector here, ” I say, gripping the steel rod in his shorts, “and give me a shot of protein instead.

We have Jews, Muslims, Hindus, atheists, agnostics, Buddhists, and their own path to grace is one that we have to revere and respect as much as our own

It's satisfying to put out new music. And I think that's the context in which I'm comfortable revisiting things from the past.

I'm not really a partier, in general. I've definitely learned that that's probably the least interesting thing you can do with your time.

When the road seems to be endlessly long, increase your speed!

Bodh Gaya is a land of enlightenment. Years ago, what Bodh Gaya got was Siddhartha but what Bodh Gaya gave to the world was Lord Buddha, the epitome of knowledge, peace and compassion.

There is that unpredictability of the seasons that I enjoy. I like the threat of a tornado. I like the threat of four feet of snow.

Great joys, like griefs, are silent.

For the beginning is assuredly the end- since we know nothing, pure and simple, beyond our own complexities.