It's part of what we call the Shadow, all the dark parts of us we can't face. It's the thing that, if we don't deal with it, eventually poisons our lives.

The problem with evil people is that they can see only evil in others. It is one of the worst curses of being evil, that you can no longer experience good.

But it turns out that people who are grounded and secure don't change much under stress. That's what being grounded means.

Does it matter, when you read, if the person who wrote still lives?

Professors go batty too, perhaps more often than other people, although owing to their profession, their madness is less often remarked.

As a matter of fact I had a terribly traumatic childhood. But afterward I sort of reraised myself.

The Book of Air and Shadows' was born during a conference with an intellectual property lawyer on a particular afternoon in November of 2003.

Writing is really a way of thinking--not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.

The truth is that we all live by leaving behind

Everybody wants a miracle

Dressing appropriately in one venue may be highly inappropriate in another.

John looked ruddy and plump, with a pair of cheeks like a trumpeter.

I've done everything I've done in America with the limitations I have.

A lot of things run through your head when you're going in to relieve in a tight spot. One of them was, "Should I spike myself?"

With the wind of tribulation God separates in the floor of the soul, the chaff from the corn.

And what causes fear? Ignorance of our own nature.

About the best thing an actor can do when all is said and done is to make people laugh.