Photography invites one to give up any attempt to delineate such things as can delineate themselves.

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to.

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

Nothing beautiful can be summarized.

The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

Love is being stupid together.

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.

Let us enrich ourselves with our mutual differences.

I am only a child yet I know if all money spent on war was spent on finding environmental answers, ending poverty, and binding treaties, what a wonderful place this Earth would be.

He sleeps for himself and dreams for others.

The trouble with too many people is they believe the realm of truth always lies within their vision.

I've thought a lot about the world and how George Bush sees the world and it ain't even close.

I believe we owe it to our children and grandchildren to stay engaged and to help spread liberty and to help reformers.

I think the most attractive thing is a sense of humour. If someone can make you laugh, you've gotten a lot out of the way.

Folk music has pretty powerful medicine for changing your heart.

Keep active - do something physical each day. Could be as simple as taking the dog out for a walk (if you've got a dog!), but could be going for a swim, or going to the gym every day.

It is a waste of time to be angry about my disability. One has to get on with life and I haven't done badly. People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

Every single one of my books had its title changed almost as we were going to press, for all sorts of different reasons.