In order to go anywhere it is necessary to be where one is.

Malicious gossip takes the place of creation in non-creative lives.

What man can imagine he may one day achieve.

We might likewise say that humans are the neurotics of the animal world, in that they are the only animals who must choose to be instead of just instinctively being.

The dark has to be contained in the light or the light will be contained in the dark.

Many an author will speak of writing, in his best work, more than he actually knows.

If civilization ever achieves a higher standard of what constitutes normality, it will have been the neurotic who led the way.

Never give away your work. People don’t value what they don’t have to pay for.

imagination is new reality in the process of being created. It represents the part of the existing order that can still grow.

The more specific you are, the more universal you are.

The dead hand of research lies heavy on too many novels.

That's how I want to go. Taking my own way out and totally pissing everybody off at the end.

He could add something to the list of things you weren't supposed to do. Don't get hurt, don't get dirty, don't get drunk, don't get scared, don't count on it. You ended up doing all of them.

He hears but half who hears one party only.

The digital revolution has also meant a revolution in access to information. This puts more power and knowledge into the hands of nonexperts.

Remember that time you tried to hump the bridge?

I have never in any way found the idea of celebrity appealing. Anonymity is much more appealing.

Disarmament requires trust.

Beauty was the promise of happiness, not happiness itself; and the anticipated world was often more rich than anything real.

We're still fighting over the same issue - equal pay.

If history is a guide, a victory for Obama means he faces the prospect of a second term dogged by scandal or inertia.