Much, maybe too much, has been written about literature.

A woman is human, obviously, but she represents a slightly different kind of humanity.

To love a book is, above all, to love its author: we want to meet him again, we want to spend our days with him.

People like to be listened to, as every researcher knows – every researcher, every writer, every spy.

I was about as political as a bath towel.

...intimacy isn't something men talk about. They may talk about politics, literature, stocks, or sports, depending on the man, but about their love lives they keep silent, even to their dying breath.

Intimacy isn’t something men talk about.

The market doesn´t care about titles.

If you want a thing done go - if not send.

The past is a guidepost not a hitching post.

To avoid causing terror to living beings, let the disciple refrain from eating meat.

The greatest things in the world are brought about by other things which we count as nothing: little causes we overlook but which at length accumulate.

I did say that in-group, authority and purity are necessary for the maintenance of order, but I would never give them a blanket endorsement.

How to fail: Try too hard.

There isn't much of an agenda lyrically. And I definitely didn't want to write about things I don't know anything about.

The idea that a fashion photograph could make you cry doesn't happen. And I'm proud to say that my slideshows can make people cry.

I went to school at a place that also shaped my life, Boston Latin School.