I'm on this search trying to figure out exactly who I am and what I have to say to people.

Im going to be shaking my booty when Im 55.

I wish I had appreciated my youth - I should have worn tighter clothing when I could have!

For your kindness, I'm in debt to you. For your selflessness, my admiration.

Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.

I've raised my daughter with no television.

TV holds a close second to cars for destroying our society. It's a failed experiment.

I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope.

Life is sweet, life is also very short.

The research phase was really fascinating - I'm not a closeted nerd, I'm an out-of-the-closet nerd.

Have I been wrong? Have I been wise to shut my eyes?

In the monotony of everyday existence grief comes as a holiday, and a fire is an entertainment. A scratch embellishes an empty face.

...and though death is howling at our backs and life is roaring at our faces, we can just begin to write, simply begin to write what we have to say.

How may a mortal, face and defeat the Kraken

When you lose someone you love, they never really leave you. They just move into a special place in your heart.

When people in Washington say they're going to take away my guns, they better bring theirs if they're going to take mine.

Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)

how magnanimous was a gesture if one were constantly aware of its magnanimity?

I favor parking a few miles from the office and walking to work. You get the benefit of exercise and besides it is easier to get a parking space.

I am a man now. Pass your hand over my brow. You can feel the place where the brains grow.

The two Virtues of Equanimity and Compassion become more available to the person whose ego-shell has been smashed-either by great suffering or by great love-or by both.