...I could never explain how the image and the reality merge, and how they somehow extend and beautify each other.

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

Stew's so comforting on a rainy day.

I like seeing people when they can't see me.

And no bathroom on earth will make up for marrying a bearded man you hate.

Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can.

I am a restlessness inside a stillness inside a restlessness.

I only want to write. And there's no college for that except life.

Perhaps if I make myself write I shall find out what is wrong with me.

It is rather exciting to write by moonlight.

Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.

There are stories that don't need a plot. Sooner or later they rise above the confusion and untangle their mysteries in a series of sentences.

While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in the short space of four years.

We play it differently now. If we did the album now it would be different.

We've all got stardust in our bones.

I've learned one hell of a lot about men in my lifetime. They're all right to take to bed, but you sure better never let them get a stranglehold on you.

When we ask God to transform those who oppose us, we are also asking God to transform us.

Somewhere we know that without silence, words lose their meaning.

Getting the pretty back is about getting back in touch with your essential self: the part of you that knows what you really want.

You believe that you can win the nomination of your party, and then you believe that you're the strongest candidate to win the election for your party.

The thing is, is that every terrorist attack we've had since 9/11 has been legal immigration.