I cannot lament the loss of a love or a friendship without meditating that one loses only what one really never had.

Every novel is an ideal plane inserted into the realm of reality.

I do not know which of us has written this page.

All men who repeat a line from Shakespeare are William Shakespeare

It can be hard to hold onto your vision because other people will want you to be like they are. But your life has a course of its own, and only you can walk it.

The person I liked the best was Gerald R. Ford. He was the most decent man in politics I ever had any relationships with.

A recurring dream probably merits close attention. Something wants you to pay attention.

Speaking of Satan, I was watching Rush Limbaugh the other day.

I am not an early bird. I go to bed normally between midnight and 1 oclock, so it is understandable that I cannot be an early bird. I wake up around 9 oclock.

Simon had been all lined up and he’d managed to throw away the best girl he’d ever meet. “What a dumbass,” Beck muttered. “No way I’d have done that.

We don't just get our choice; we get the consequence that choice creates.

I love Philip Glass' work, not only as a film composer but also as a musician. The film score work that he does always amazes and shocks me.

One of the tests that I frequently use in an interaction is I push on the idea and what I'm looking for is both flexibility & persistence.

We must be clear about where we’re going if we want anyone to help us get there.