Of course, you always think about how it will be read. I always aim for a reading in one sitting.

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.

The dark comes before dawn. The financial markets are under great pressure because of the lack of leadership during the transition period.

In sales, it's not what you say; it's how they perceive what you say.

I've written good love songs when I have been in love and I've written good love songs when I haven't.

If we were to impose greater sanctions on economic sectors, I think we could have a significant impact on Putin.

My employer uses twenty-six years of my life for every year I get to keep. And what do I get in return for the enormous thing I am giving? What do I get in return for my life?

You get over your first love by falling in love with something new.

If there are lessons to be drawn from the sciences, then that should be the concern of everyone, including scientists to the extent that they can make a contribution.

It's the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

Am I melancholy? I certainly have moments. I like to think there's a capacity for joy as well.

Biography is the most universally pleasant and profitable of all reading.