My dream had become my reality: my old life was a discarded husk.

Twere better far That gods should quaff their nectar merrily, And men sing out the day like grasshoppers, So may they haply lull the watchful thunder.

It's better to write about things you feel than about things you know about.

Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are.

To force a female to do things in male fashion is not equal opportunity, it is distorted idealism.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

Oh, where is man That mortal god, that hath no mortal kin Or like on earth? Shall Nature's orator The interpreter of all her mystic strains Shall he be mute in Nature's jubilee?

With all your music, loud and lustily, With every dainty joy of sight and smell, Prepare a banquet meet to entertain The Lord of Thunder, that hath set you free From old oppression.

If we take care of the inches, we will not have to worry about the miles.

It is never difficult to see images – when the principle of the image is embedded in the soul.

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing Should certain persons die before they sing.

Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.

When one person attempts to “fix it” for the other person, the connection of acceptance is snapped and the sender and receiver miss an opportunity for understanding.

To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.

Once when I went over my work with my Washington University professor, the late great Stanley Elkin, he pointed to a passage of mine and said: Stop vamping. It has remained a caution.

I love traveling, but I hate planes.

There is no shortcut to anyplace worth going.

She said, "You may be able to implant an image, even a taste or a smell, but I don't think you can implant the feelings that went with the experience that created the memory.

Dr. Cox mentors the rookie doctors with a spoonful of dirt and then a cup of sugar. I see him as an archetypal descendent of two of my favorite curmudgeonly characters: Lou Grant and Louie De Palma.

Actually, the most entitled people I've met are indie rockers and indie actors, because they really believe their press.

If one lights a fire for others, one will brighten one's own way.