It seems to me that a man who is incapable of humor is capable of cruelty.

I wondered if a blessing is still a blessing if it lasts for only a little while.

Keep in mind that life produces no maestros, only students of varying shades of ineptitude.

What is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to a great challenge?

The world is not a rational place.

Even if you forget everything else I want you to always remember that you are a person of value, and you have a friend who loved you enough to give you his most valued possession.

Look inside yourself and you'll find a world of things (a world of your own experiences)worth writing about.

When people's emotions are involved they don't want to listen.

Fun, like champagne bubbles, can't completely fill you up.

Longevity can't be the only test of love.

Experiencing life through a book can help you learn without all the pain of going through the experiences first hand.

Intelligence opens the door to the universe

My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened... well, I'm just thankful to be alive. I'm just grateful to be here at all.

I hope the snow covers everything so all the footsteps are silenced, and the whole city can be at peace.

And thrice do I say to thee...bite me.

Books are not like people. Books are safe.

If you want something really important to be done you must not merely satisfy the reason, you must move the heart also.

When they say that I am too old to make a thing, I try to make it immediately.

The journalists are so devoted to Obama. They are such sycophants that they're worried about access.

If your business keeps you so busy that you have no time for anything else, there must be something wrong either with you or with your business.

…maybe the whole Internet will simply become like Facebook: falsely jolly, fake-friendly, self-promoting, slickly disingenuous….” - Zadie Smith