I grew up in an agnostic broad-minded family.

Writers talk about the agony of writing; I talk about the agony of not writing.

Why didn't children ever see that they could damage and harm their parents as much as parents could damage and harm children?

I rewrite everything, almost idiotically. I rewrite and work and work, and rewrite and rewrite some more.

I think of myself as a plain human being who happens to be an American.

The fact that Iam writing to youin Englishalready falsifies what Iwanted to tell you.My subject:how to explain to you that Idon't belong to Englishthough I belong nowhere else

Don't make people control your life, People only care about themselves. Live your life with happy and ignore Sick people.

Nothing touches your skin of sweat(meltdown of oceanic kisses)when the purple lightwhispers to the moon in silent moonlit clarity

I had to help to coax the performances and I really enjoyed that extra responsibility.

When you pray, you begin to feel the sense of being sent.

It's a damn shame we have this immediate ticking off in the mind about how people sound. On the other hand, how many people really want to be operated upon by a surgeon who talks broad cockney?

At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past.

Too many leaders try to do a little bit of 25 things and get nothing done. They are very popular because they always say yes. But they get nothing done.

... the food was good solid stuff for a cold morning, all calories and fat and protein and maybe a vitamin crying softly because it was all alone.

If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.