It's hard to explain how this works, and I admit that it's fairly implausible or untenable as a way of life, but that seems to be how I go about my days: peaceably in person, fiercely on paper.

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

A million dollars? For a cow?

It is remarkable how great an influence our clothes have on our moral state.

I will wait for love to fly to me and teach me how to fly

Jesus did not promise to change the circumstances around us. He promised great peace and pure joy to those who would learn to believe that God actually controls all things.

I talked to the record company about what I had in mind. They said they wanted something lush. I figured the best thing to do was let them hear what I had in mind.

Sometimes you watch comedians and feel like they're jerking off in front of you, but they want you to see how big it is.

90 percent of American schoolchildren are in public schools. And the emphasis on private schools and charter schools and parochial schools is not unimportant.

The world is full of mystery but it must not be choked with secrets: we must talk to one another.

Losers react. Winners anticipate.