Junk stands and antique markets are the perfect place to pick up clues about the history of a country, region or town.

Reporters, even flawed reporters, should not be jailed for protecting even flawed sources.

The first sign of a 'smoking gun,' they argue, may be a mushroom cloud.

When you're visiting an antiques fair, turn left once you've passed through the entrance. Everyone else will turn right, which means you can get to the bargains before them.

The deepest realization of meditation is that your being is a non-being. It is a nothing, a vast emptiness without boundaries. It is a no-self. The feeling of self, of "I" is false.

I don't see divorce as a failure. I see it as the end to a story. In a story, everything has an end and a beginning.

The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.

That is a very good question. I don't know the answer. But can you tell me the name of a classical Greek shoemaker?

There are five stages of meditation, each one leading gradually into the next: concentration, meditation, contemplation, illumination, and inspiration.

Sometimes, when I wake up at night, I feel invisible hands weaving my destiny.

There are always proper responses, even to rude questions.

All my stories and worlds spring from the basic principle of being a slave to the premise, to follow the consequences wherever they may lead without taking any easy or comfortable ways out.

The ultimate idea of rags-to-riches success in America is the Hollywood movie star.

Unattractive people are more obsessed with looks.