I may not be the world's best glad-handing politician, but I've been elected mayor twice. I understand politics. And I definitely understand where the state line is.

As mayor, I'm in the frying pan. I'm just sitting here on the griddle now, and I've got to really think, you know, do I want to stay here on the griddle?

You are blood. You are sisters. No man can break that bond.

When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration.

Waitress: "And to drink?" Artemis: "Spring water. Irish, if you have it. And no ice, please. As your ice is no doubt made from tap water, which rather defeats the purpose of spring water.

Real happiness is something most people never know. What we experience in deep meditation, that ecstasy is beyond what human beings call happiness

The undoubted sign of a society well under control or in decline is that language has ceased to be a means of communication and has become instead a shield for those who master it.

...If you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires. (151)

Every child should be taught that useful work is worship and that intelligent labor is the highest form of prayer.

It is art's task to make manifest the contradictions of Being

I wanted to be a writer when I was a little kid. Then I wanted to be Pete Townshend - the songwriting guitarist who occasionally sang.

I have never discussed a player contract with an agent and I like to think I never will.