One is happy to report that Israel Shenker is still at the aerosol stage. His energy is still compressed. The result distinguishes him both as a Jew and as an observer of Jews.

There is no medical proof that television causes brain damage - at least from over five feet away. In fact, TV is probably the least physically harmful of all the narcotics known to man.

The beginning of a plot is the prompting of desire.

Rice Krispies happens to be one of my favorite junk foods, just as I regard Michener as superior among junk writers.

Even when you disagree with her, she electrifies your mind.

There's an enormous difference between being a critic and a reviewer. The reviewer reacts to the experience of that book.

Even if language is a living evolving organism, we don't have to embrace all the changes that occur during our lifetimes. If language is so alive, it can get sick.

A brilliant and challenging discussion presented with extraordinary clarity.

To be crazy is not necessarily to writhe in snake pits or converse with imaginary gods. It can sometimes be not knowing what to do in the morning.

Mr. Frazier makes me laugh out loud.

Even if language is a living evolving organism we don't have to embrace all the changes that occur during our lifetimes. If language is so alive it can get sick.

If you are not sure or you don’t know something, politely ask. Asking is not a sign of being daft, but of confidence.

[Consciousness] is either inexplicable illusion, or else revelation.

The worst men often give the best advice.

Never boss people around. It's more important to click with people than to click the shutter.

The rich get richer and the poor get - children.

I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.

A beautiful woman is born Queen of men and women both, as Mary Stuart was born Queen of Scots, whether men or women.

The only reason to delay at this point was because the immediate prospect was so deeply uninviting.

I am flawed, deeply flawed. I didn't invent the [doping] culture but I didn't try to stop the culture and that's my mistake, and that's what I have to be sorry for.

The life of your dreams, everything you would love to be, do or have, has always been closer to you than you knew, because the power to everything you want is inside you.