I was the hero, Roberto De Niro, William Shakespearo! Walking on the beaches, looking at the peaches.

A man begins dying at the moment of his birth. Most People live in denial of Death's patient courtship until, late in life and deep in sickness, they become aware of him sitting bedside.

Reach out, with all your heart, to your divine-dreams.

They’ve not forgotten him: worse, they never heard of him.

If the children acquiesce, they may learn to suppress their anger to avoid retribution. But the rage remains inside, often just below the surface.

Where exactly do you put your hands on somebody who hurts everywhere?

The title always comes last. What I really work hard on is the beginning. Where do you begin? In what tone do you begin? I almost have to have a scene in my mind.

I hope never to retire. I write so many because it's the thing I like to do most - to write. And if you write every day, you just naturally get a lot of books.

Somebody loves us, too - God Himself. We have been created to love and to be loved

Louis [C.K.] is great. But I don't know how many you could do.

Tidiness is a virtue, symmetry is often a constituent of beauty.