I felt the breath of God go cold on my skin.

Correction of Earlier Entry: 8/01/12We read over the shoulders of giants; books place us in dialogue not just with an author but with other readers.

Paper remains the standard to which digital media can only aspire.

I do lend my books, but I have to be a bit selective because my marginalia are so incriminating.” --Alison Bechdel

If I could make a dream real, I would not kill anything unless it could never be changed at heart.

If only everyone could know and live with their inner craziness. Would the world be a worse place for it? No, people would be fairer and happier.

No iron spike can pierce a human heart as icily as a period in the right place.

My agenda is trying to help people live a better life.

The habit of analysis has a tendency to wear away the feelings.

A lot of sources said I was born in 1917. That is incorrect. I was born in 1920. 1917 was the year the studios listed as my birth year to make me appear younger.

It seems that 'national security' is the root password to the Constitution. As with any dishonest superuser, the best countermeasure is strong encryption.

Yeah, well,” Nico said, “not giving people a second thought…that can be dangerous.

There was a place in childhood that I remember well, And there a voice of sweetest tone bright fairy tales did tell.

You've got to find what you love.