Maybe the light's at the other end of the tunnel.

Somewhere along the way America became a giant mall with a country attached.

It took me 10 years to write a story that pleased me - that I could look at after it was published and not cringe.

It is sort of weird being honored for the worst day of your life.

Late bloomer' is another way of saying 'slow learner.

By the end of the first decade of writing, I considered myself a confirmed failure in the eyes of the world.

I never listen to music when I'm writing.

Americans are incredibly polite as long as they get what they want.

There was no such thing as perfection in this world, only moments of such extreme transparency that you forgot yourself, a holy mercy if there ever was one.

If you could figure out how to live with family then you'd gone a long way toward finding your peace.

The funny thing is, about the time I let go of any aspiration toward worldly success, that's about the time I started writing decent work.

The man who discovers new knowledge is the permanent benefactor of humanity.

Nothing is greater than or lesser than the self.

It would be really wonderful if people connected to the loneliness of what it means to be a human being in the world today.

A person trying to meditate is doing something that's impossible since meditation is not an action.

I did Our Daily Bread for King and that made me popular in the Soviet Union; King was amused by that.

Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things.

Lighting that torch in Atlanta didn't make me nervous. Standing up to the government - that made me nervous.

A little learning is a dangerous thing but none at all is fatal.

If you had to name one particular person to blame it would have to be one of the players

Happy is that family where both the husband and wife are mutual members of Christ's body