I look for a sign. Where to go next. you never know when you'll get one. Even the most faithless among us are waiting to be proven wrong.

There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

All education should be directed toward the refinement of the individual's sensibilities in relation not only to one's fellow humans everywhere, but to all living things whatsoever.

I try not to keep my head in the clouds .

One of my dream collaborations is to work with Sade. I would love to work with Andre 3000, Miguel.

Who I am at the core and what I think represents me is really reflected in my family.

Well my question is if the federal courts don't have jurisdiction over a constitutional question then who the hell does?

If you have read 6,000 books in your lifetime, or even 600, it's probably because at some level you find 'reality' a bit of a disappointment.

The way you get through having a shitty job is to laugh a lot and goof around.

There are writers who say they have no social responsibility except to write a good book, but that doesn't satisfy me.

And even should the cloud of barbarism and despotism again obscure the science and libraries of Europe, this country remains to preserve and restore light and liberty to them.