It is especially taboo for a wine writer to admit that he or she likes the buzz. But wine is a full sensory experience. It's not just tasting notes.

While wine may be only a drink, it is also one of the most complex sensory pleasures we enjoy. It is as cerebral as it is sensual, and it requires a lifetime to appreciate it.

I am not an advocate for religion. I only advocate for sweet general harmony.

...try to remember that dreams do come true, but they don't come easily.

Think in terms of opportunities and solutions instead of problems, disappointment, and failure.

Poets, like the blind, can see in the dark.

Books, like landscapes, leave their marks in us. (...) Certain books, though, like certain landscapes, stay with us even when we left them, changing not just our weathers but our climates.

Time could truly be made to stand still. Texture could be retained despite sudden violent movement.

Generally, I like to appear smart. I don't admit being stupid when there's any hope I'm not.

And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.

Copy, not from your industry, from others. You have to go where there is no competition.

Of the five rights listed in the First Amendment. - religion, speech, press, assembly, petition - the very first right protected is freely exercising our religion.