In violent and chaotic times such as these, our only chance for survival lies in creating our own little islands of sanity and order, in making little havens of our homes.

I always overpay or overtip when I'm upset.

I suppose you know where this country would be, where the world would be, if everyone who got depressed by the papers stopped reading them.

People with a psychological need to believe in marvels are no more prejudiced and gullible than people with a psychological need not to believe in marvels.

If patterns exist in our seemingly patternless lives — and they do — then the law of harmony insists that the most harmonious of all patterns, circles within circles, will most often assert itself.

Also, at a certain point relentlessness itself can become comedic.

I was wiser at 30 than I am now. My judgment was better at 12. If you look out the windshield of a Hyundai or a Bentley, you see the same road.

Sometimes I just don't have time to wait for the muse to come, so I've developed things to force the muse to come back.

Let's continue to stand up for those who are vulnerable to being left out or marginalized.

I don't feel I'm a step above anyone on this team. I'm just another link in the chain.

Why is it such a big deal what I'm swimming?

We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker.

He who dares not (reason), is a slave.