I would recommend a solo flight to all prospective suicides. It tends to make clear the issue of whether one enjoys being alive or not.

He fancied himself on his humanity towards animals, as so many people do who are inhuman to their fellow men...

Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea! And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.

Success means nothing if you don't know who you are. If you don't know who you are then you are not a success.

Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn't willing to.

To be right is the most terrific personal state that nobody is interested in.

But sometimes what we call 'memory' and what we call 'imagination' are not so easily distinguished.

Think of the tools in a tool-box: there is a hammer, pliers, a saw, a screwdriver, a rule, a glue-pot, nails and screws.--The function of words are as diverse as the functions of these objects.

You've got to be a believer in what you do.

Pretty much anything you laughed at in the second half of the 20th century can be traced back to Your Show Of Shows.

Young writers only take off when they find their subjects. Since almost everyone has a family and stories about family, that is often a place to start.

Christ will do everything for you or nothing. He's either all of your righteousness or none.