Never be embarrassed by the things you cannot do. Be embarrassed by the things you can do and don't do well.

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes.

When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to begin with. I rarely make any major changes.

It all depends on which side of the desk you're sitting on.

I always wanted to fire rays out of my fingertips.

I think jazz and comic books are probably the two uniquely American art forms.

In general, shorter is better. If you can encapsulate your idea into a single captivating sentence, you're halfway home.

A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not.

Unfortunately, there are writers whose only concern is how good they could make themselves look on a title.

I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort.

What does our commitment to nonviolence mean as citizens of one of the most powerful and oppressive nations in recorded history?

While I may not always feel joy, God asks me to give thanks in all things because He knows that the feeling of joy begins in the action of thanksgiving.

I was moving forward into space, but i would never come home again

We assassinate. We don't accessorize. But I understand how it is possible to confuse the two.

I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.

When you are done changing, you're done.

I'm very proud of being Jewish. It means I have a good work ethic, and you get Jewish humour and you're allowed to tell Jewish jokes.

What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.

You read stuff about yourself and you think, My God, where are these people coming up with these things? Why am I the one that they're picking on?

When I was 10 years old, we'd pick out a cow and boom! They'd hit it in the head with a hammer, lift it up by the back legs, and skin it in front of us. Then I'd take the head home and make soup