Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.

Memory blurs, that's the point. If memory didn't blur you wouldn't have the fool's courage to do things again, again, again, that tear you apart.

Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.

I never change, I simply become more myself.

How lovely this world is, really: one simply has to look.

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.

Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst.

See, people come into your life for a reason. They might not know it themselves, why. You might not know it. But there's a reason. There has to be

Be your own editor/critic. Sympathetic but merciless!

Novels begin, not on the page, but in meditation and day-dreaming - In thinking, not writing.

So much can be done, even when little is said.So little can be done, even when much is spoken.

...[W]ords can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.

It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions makes it impossible to earn a living.

The story about GE that hasn't been told is the value of an informal place. I think it's a big thought. I don't think people have ever figured out that being informal is a big deal.

Love, real love, is not simply a state of bliss. It is an ever-changing state, the result of time and emotional development, of trust and commitment.

Go out into the world and do good until there is too much good in the world.

What senseless violence does is to prolong the lease of life of the British or foreign rule.

We'll not be sending anyone into space before it is safe and the vehicle is well and truly tested.

I regret less the road not taken than my all-fired hurry along the road I took.

I've been amazed that it's so popular with people. But it's been fantastic. People are very excited when I walk into a place and they recognize me from the series.