Oak trees come out of acorns, no matter how unlikely that seems. An acorn is just a tree's way back into the ground. For another try. Another trip through. One life for another.

In brief, I spend half my time trying to learn the secrets of other writers - to apply them to the expression of my own thoughts.

One of my current pet theories is that the winter is a kind of evangelist, more subtle than Billy Graham, of course, but of the same stuff.

Haven't you ever noticed how highways always get beautiful near the state capital?

At the end of a marriage it is difficult to recall the beginning.

That's one of the remarkable things about life. It's never so bad that it can't get worse.

Just because a door appears closed it does not mean that it is locked - nor that it will not open with the right heart, call or touch

If I were to begin life again, I would devote it to music. It is the only cheap and unpunished rapture upon earth.

I first got involved in theater in 1968, at the height of a social tumult. I was a poet.

We all have a tendency to think that the world must conform to our prejudices. The opposite view involves some effort of thought, and most people would die sooner than think in fact they do so.

It is in our acceptance of what is given that God gives Himself.

A creature who has spent his life creating one particular representation of his selfdom will die rather than become the antithesis of that representation

Call it nature or nurture, there are differences in how men and women approach professional conduct, and facing these issues head-on will make us all more equipped to succeed.

I tell you that there are eighty-plus-year-old nudists cavorting on your property, Ashley O'Ballivan, and all you can do is laugh?

I wasn’t a good student, and even now I never say that I am better than anybody, but I know I love Jiu Jitsu more than anybody. I love the energy and that it gets deeper the more you study.