It hurts to get things out in the open, but it hurts even more not to.

One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it.

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.

Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence.

It is sad that the more 'successful' a neighborhood becomes, the more it gradually takes on a recognizable, common look, as the same banks, drugstore chains and national brands move in.

The fewer species there are and the fewer species we know about, the fewer questions we even know to ask.

Each fresh peak ascended teaches something.

I don't know many artists who are happy with themselves all of the time.

Knowledge is boundless,--human capacity, limited.

God bless that potential that we all have for making anything possible if we think we deserve it. I deserve this.

And I thought, you know, I have to say that maybe the whacked out mother is my new favorite role, but I don't want to just do it and become Nurse Ratchett.