I like storytelling. We all have an active thing that we do that gives us self-esteem, that makes us proud; it's necessary. I have to tell stories because that's the way the wiring went in.

It's kind of spooky when you are caught talking to God everybody thinks you're nuts. They used to call you a prophet.

Our life would be what we made of it--nothing more, nothing less.

Be yourself! Be individualistic!' he called out after me. 'But for God's sake get your hair cut. You look like an oddball.

In fact, the thing Lorraine and I liked best about the Pigman was that he didn't go around saying we were cards or jazzy or cool or hip. He said we were delightful . . .

They ought to bury people in hospitals and let sick people get well in the cemeteries.

I want him to be happy. And I want you to be happy, too. Even if you can only find that happiness without me.

War isn't hell. War is war, and Hell is hell, and not the two, war is a lot worse.

I believe in roses. Oh God, yes! I do believe in roses! And I believe in lots and lots and lots of them, too!

I'm working when I'm fighting with my wife. I constantly ask myself-how can I use this stuff to literary advantage.

One who previously made bad karma, but who reforms and creates good karma, brightens the world like the moon appearing from behind a cloud.

I'm just like anyone. I cut and I bleed. And I embarass easily.

The future has taken root in the present.

I'm a woman, a mother, a daughter, a sister. I'm a real person operating in the world. For me to discuss the most private thing feels wrong. It feels like I'm betraying myself and my children.

To live is shared by all, but not to be worthy of living.

Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence.