It's harder to get hold of the world. It's harder to understand the world, to encompass the literature necessary for the information.

Oh, a bookshop. Why not pop in and buy a little Kant? And perhaps just a quarter-pound of Kafka. Don't bother to wrap it, thanks. I'll eat it here.

Good art is a form of prayer. It's a way to say what is not sayable.

Baseball is a game where you are always waiting, and then when something happens it's like turning a kaleidoscope when you were a kid.

I love thrillers. I would even read certain science fiction, although I haven't been a devotee for many years.

There is a lack of context in contemporary education. And contemporary consideration - because we live in those interiorities so much. Especially young kids who live by surfing the Web.

I love baseball. What I love about baseball is that you are always waiting.

The best defense is a good story.

Never use 'submit' as a verb for sending work to magazine or book publishers; say 'offer,' and never, ever submit. Keep your knees unbent. Be brave.

What to know about pain is how little we do to deserve it, how simple it is to give, how hard to lose.

I have found myself writing poetry shortly after I retired. Which I hadn't done in forty years.

Long miles of snow and mountains spun out behind him, and his hooves scattered stardust or snow crystals. He went bounding on and on, right on the spine of the world, thrust out against the night sky

One of the quickest ways to become exhausted is by suppressing your feelings.

I'm a feminist in the true sense of the word. It's about equality.

If there is any change regarding that hope, we should ask the Syrian people, not anyone else in the world.

I could wake up six in the morning, go downstairs and record. I learned how to use ProTools and everything. Whenever I felt it, I could record.

The way I've been able to embrace fame is by realizing that celebrity is just a means to send whatever message you want out into the world.

Will you pretend you're my boyfriend?

If I didn’t think, I’d be much happier.

Worry may not change the outcome, but it definately affects the outlook.