I can see every monster as they come in.

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged mix of the Red Queen and a Flamingo.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

The wind is us-- it gathers and remembers all our voices, then sends them talking and telling through the leaves and the fields.

Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.

I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a house, something, anyway, that belongs to me because I belong to it.

When you've got nowhere to turn, turn on the gas.

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

A man who doesn't dream is like a man who doesn't sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.

I effortlessly let go of my density and dance forward into infinite bliss.

A historian cannot pick and choose his facts

Clear and plain glass is considered cheap while the same glass if tinted with color is considered expensive. that's today's world. It's better to be tinted than being clear.

The ideal editor will hold you to the best of yourself in the piece.

Your message means less than the way the message is delivered, because in actuality, the way the message is delivered, IS the message.

I don't think you can represent the country properly if you're not a healthy person.

Found, I told myself. Try to get found.

Science is progressing at such a rapid rate that when you make a prediction and think you are ahead of your time by 100 years you may be ahead of your time by 10 at most.

I suppose one gets to know men quickest by the things they take for granted.

I realized when I was taking care of my problems that the band is all I really care about.