Now, Joyce being Joyce, he has about five different purposes, one not being enough for genius.

The difference between being Achilles and almost being Achilles is the difference between living and dying.

Real people are made out of a whole lot of things—flesh, bone, blood, nerves, stuff like that. Literary people are made out of words.

The real reason for quest is always self-knowledge.

Every language has a grammar, a set of rules that govern usage and meaning, and literary language is no different. It’s all more or less arbitrary of course, just like language itself.

Reading is an activity of the imagination, and the imagination in question is not the writer's alone.

If a story is no good, being based on Hamlet won't save it.

Rain falls on the just and the unjust alike.

In order to remain undead, I must steal the life force of someone whose fate matters less to me than my own.' I've always supposed that Wall Street traders utter essentially the same sentence.

Please note, I am not suggesting that illicit drugs are required to break down social barriers.

Roger, Tranquility. We copy you on the ground. You've got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We're breathing again. Thanks a lot.

Having a purpose and knowing exactly what your values are will add additional years to your life.

My skating is a very emotional thing that comes from the heart, never doing it for the medal.

Discover the time of day when you write best, and write then. For me it's about 7 am to noon. For other people it's overnight. Try not to do anything other than write between those times.

The essence of Hinduism is that the path may be different, but the goal is the same.

Indeed, the only truly serious questions are ones that even a child can formulate. Only the most naive of questions are truly serious.

I've always been a Pretenders fan... I'm very excited about this.

Fold and live to fold again.

Everybody in America is going to have to sacrifice to help us rebuild the Gulf Coast. Every government program, every individual, we are all going to have to sacrifice

The quality of nothing hath not such need to hide itself