In the battle that is philosophy all the techniques of war, including looting and camouflage, are permissible.

No matter how bad your heart is broken, the world doesn't stop for your grief.

Once you decide to grow out the roses from your heart, and let it spread the roots all over. you should also start to learn to handle the thorns that grow out of their stem.

I grew up in a show business family, so we've always had a great sense of balance, being so close to my parents.

Organized common (or uncommon) sense -- very basic knowledge -- is an enormously powerful tool. There are huge dangers with computers. People calculate too much and think too little.

I do not understand how on earth you can become a writer without seeing the world.

One critic in the L.A. Times said John Kerry looks like he is thinking too much. Well this is one place President Bush has him beat.

I am forced to the conclusion that modern medicine does not know it all.

Of the influence of Mr. Mill's personal character on those who were his political associates, it is difficult to speak too warmly.

It was our favorite part of the day, this in-between time, and it always seemed to last longer than it should--a magic and lavender space unpinned from the hours around it, between worlds.

What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world.