In the end countries, like people, are alone, and the real things that must be done have to be done without help.

Civilization itself is housed in the human being.

[Race] had no substance, like a shadowy shape that terrifies in the dark but vanishes by the light of day.

passion of any sort is seldom governed by the rules of etiquette.

choice in any sphere is a peril, the basic division of peoples is of those who believe in choice and those who mistrust it.

So you're gone and i'm hauntedAnd i bet you are just fineDid i make it that easy to walkRight in and out of my life

There's a charm, there's a rhythm, there's a soul to Jewish humor. When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, 'You're doing a Jewish act.'

Art in Nature is rhythmic and has a horror of constraint.

Indian film awards lack credibility.

For whence did Dante take the materials for his hell but from this our actual world? And yet he made a very proper hell of it.

I've never been up with the times, always been slightly out of step.

Religion is confining and imprisoning and toxic because it is based on ideology and dogma. But spirituality is redeeming and universal.

There are good marriages, but there are no delightful ones.

Write as often as possible, not with the idea at once of getting into print, but as if you were learning an instrument.

Given this president [Donald Trump] and his lack of military experience, I think it actually might be a good thing to have someone who understands the military very deeply to be counseling him.