Memory is an act of meaning-making. It collects the disparate pieces of our lives and distills them.

To name the world in your own terms, to tell your own story, is an act of authority and power. When you write, you are saying, in effect, 'I have a voice. I have a story. This is what I have to say.'

Of the five senses, smell is the one with the best memory.

I fall into books the way I fall into lust - wholly, hungrily.

The shortest distance between two points is always under construction.

It is not important who the leader is. Its important where they lead you to.

The grace of life is the seed of endless gladness.

I have battled with loneliness. I have battled with insecurity and rootlessness. But I have never given up the struggle. I have never quit trying in life.

Where's Izzy?" cried Alice. "I'm right here!" Izzy was heard, but there was no sight of her floating friend. "Izzy's invisible!" yelled Melanie."Invisible and flying!" Colleen added nervously.

The expenses required to prevent a war are much lighter than those that will, if not prevented, be absolutely necessary to maintain it.

I think we're about ready for a new feeling to enter music. I think that will come from the Arabic world.

Accordingly, it is not a Muslim ban at all, but a suspension of entrants from seven countries with conditions on the ground that both promote terrorism and make effective vetting impossible.

The transfer of Wall Street from private ownership to public ownership has been a big step backward.

I've been an actor for 30 years, so I pretty much know how to do the basics of a fight without hurting anybody.

They pursue meaninglessness until they can force it to mean.