I hadn't thought that I was generally a pack rat, but it turns out I am.

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.

Remember that things can still be changed and that it is not too late

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.

In all things it is better to hope than to despair.

This is not an international thriller so much as a fiercely literate attempt to subvert the thriller genre itself.

Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?

For me, it is a deep personal tragedy. I know that the world shares the sorrow that Mrs. Kennedy and her family bear. I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's.

You can judge a man by the books in his library.

Being used to scientific terminology and theory it was always natural for me to push this stuff into songs.

If they just reverse the division, ban the judges, and then it'll discourage other judges from ever doing this.

It's the reason the United States fell into the Patriot Act - because they were reacting.