Psychologically, our reality derives from the stories we tell ourselves, at least the ones we believe.

The fact that mammalian crying serves as a cue for maternal support, rather than as a dinner bell, is a major evolutionary difference.

The battle for self-control over an intense undesired habit consists of an endless series of skirmishes, in which our urges and our better angels clash several times each day.

There will be certain things in a man that have to be won, not forced; inspired, not compelled.

Making lasting gifts for animals in our estate plans is perhaps the single most important thing we can do to ensure animals have the strongest possible voice for their protection.

I think once you get it in your head, that you're not going to do anything bigger, you just do things that you enjoy, which has always been my ethos anyway.

That's when the dream is so far off it seems like it will never happen. It can be most anything you want it to be.

I have a friend named Doris who argues, on good authority, that the single biggest cause of global warming is menopause.

The only thing I really wanted to be was a beatnik, and look what happened: I ended up being in a band.

No, Paul, I couldn't care less if you tell me made-up stories. Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths.' (Said to Paul by Elizabeth Costello, the interloping novelist-angel-inner voice).

Master, Master Poet, Master of our silent desires, The heart of the world quivers with the throbbing of your heart, But it burns not with your song.

No gesture is too small when done with gratitude.

I'm always thinking if I'm not doing something to get ahead in life, someone else is doing it.