I like embracing kind of normal forms but am always trying to approach them as if no one's ever done that before. As if I'm literally the first person to ever write a book.

But, like ivy, we grow where there is room for us.

Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can't see the tiny outstretched hands all around them, everywhere, like leaves on trees.

That day I carried the dream around like a full glass of water, moving gracefully so I would not lose any of it.

What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real.

I laughed and said, Life is easy. What I meant was, Life is easy with you here, and when you leave, it will be hard again.

Don't wait to be sure. Move, move, move.

We come from long lines of people destined never to meet.

... we had once called out hello into the cauldron of the world and then run away before anyone could respond.

Inelegantly, and without my consent, time passed.

I cried in English, I cried in french, I cried in all the languages, because tears are the same all around the world.

Oh, man, " he mumbled with a full mouth. "At least the food is good.

Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.

I always feel that I have two duties to perform with a parting guest: one, to see that he doesn't forget anything that is his; the other, to see that he doesn't take anything that is mine.

I don't think we're going to build a 50-person spacecraft or a 100-person spacecraft.

I've always felt, even as a songwriter, that the rhythm of speech is in itself a language for me.

I once had a man break up with me. He said I was using him because right after making love I would weigh myself.

I try to be a nice person, but it's difficult sometimes.

It‘s funny how, when things seem the darkest, moments of beauty present themselves in the most unexpected places.

He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the most splendid eloquence.

When I'm on the court, I picture myself as like a gladiator.