People's clothes ought to be buried with them.

The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.

I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.

What is it about the English countryside — why is the beauty so much more than visual? Why does it touch one so?

Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.

It's a beautiful sight to see good dancers doing simple steps. It's a painful sight to see beginners doing complicated patterns.

Ham with mustard is a meal of glory

Like many other much-loved humans, they believed that they owned their dogs, instead of realizing that their dogs owned them.

I suppose the best kind of spring morning is the best weather God has to offer.

You have to lift a person up before you can really put them in their place.

I was going all well and then suddenly struck by this devil just out of the blue and i got paralyzed...

The key to high concept is that fresh twist. Make it a big one. Wow your reader. Force her to gasp when she comes to that part in your story.

23. With God, even when nothing is happening...something is happening.

Find joy and solace in the simple, and cultivate your utopia by feeling the Tao in every cubic inch of space.

Strength of mind rests in sobriety for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

I make it a point not to buy certain magazines, not because I am against tabloids or things like that, but I want to fill my mind with valid issues in the world.

I look back at my twenties and see that I was much less confident.

If you're associated with the Philadelphia media or town, you look for negatives. I don't know if there's something about their upbringing or they have too many hoagies, or too much cream cheese.

I like places where you can dance to crazy music, like Bedlam or Eastern Bloc in the East Village.