I let ya in—into my life...my death...my heart." He reached up like he was going to touch my face. "And now I don't know how to get ya out.

Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends.

It's deeply human to do both the worst things and the best things because of your fear of loss.

Hockey is the only job I know where you get paid to have a nap on the day of the game.

The core of literature is the idea of tragedy... You don't really learn much from the good things that happen to you.

Theoretical knowledge can not touch heart without Humility

In a world full of people, only some want to fly. Isn't that crazy?

The formal Washington dinner party has all the spontaneity of a Japanese imperial funeral.

Beauty's witching sway is now to me a star that's fallen-a dream that's passed away.

My wife and my three kids and my grandchildren are my life, but my horses and my dogs are everything else.

I've gotten incredibly lucky with the people I've gotten to work with. It's made my mind better, and it's made me a better person.