My own fantasies of what life would be like at 24 tended to the more spectacular.

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.

I did apply for more than 200 scholarships and finally I got one, but you are telling me now “God gave it to me!” Don’t you think you are too stupid?

I spent ridiculous amounts of time as an activist and volunteer and was a teacher for 20 years.

Together, we'll live with the sadness. I'll love you with all the madness in my soul.

This is less teaching than damage control. You may as well paint a house that’s on fire.

It is a characteristic of the weak and criminal to attribute to others the misfortunes that are the result of their own wickedness.

Life is a death-defying experience.

When you're going nowhere, anywhere's a better place to be.

Religion is a more or less organized way of remembering that every ministry points to a higher reality.

The chief secret of comfort lies in not suffering trifles to vex us, and in prudently cultivating our undergrowth of small pleasures, since very few great ones, alas! are let on long leases.

When I decided to pursue a career as a Muppet Performer when I was in college, it was my hope to be able to play a wide range of Muppet characters in all areas and genres of television and film.