Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant.

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.

Plato and Aristotle are my teachers. Even Kant is my teacher, but my greatest teacher is my failures.

Good advice is usually given by someone who was once a bad example.

New hope, new dreams.

Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.

I too realize that the less I preach the more likely I am to be heard.

A short story is something that you can hold in your mind. You can really analyze how the entire thing works, like a machine

I think as resources become more dear, we really need to consider population.

You are not your emotions,you have emotions,and you can master them.

Don't go running off at the mouth. Let the picture tell the story. No one tunes in to hear you broadcast the game, except maybe your mother or your wife.

Sometimes a woman just needs to be slapped.