Seduced her? Every time I turned round she was up a library ladder. In the end I gave in. That reminds me—I spotted something between her legs that made me think of you.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life.

Words are sacred. If you get the right ones in the right order you can nudge the world a little.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.

To be an artist at all is like living in Switzerland during a world war. To be an artist in Zurich, in 1917, implies a degree of self-absorption that would have glazed over the eyes of Narcissus.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

Give us this day our daily mask.

Atheism is a crutch for those who cannot bear the reality of God.

Writing was the only thing that populated my life and made it magic.

When building a team do not look at people’s weaknesses, instead look at their strengths.

She's your once in a lifetime girl.

Most novels I come across have all the excitement of a long trip on a bus with a sensitive glee club. Yammer and chat.

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

But you have nothing better to do with your time than harass us, do you? Go back to ruling the universe from Mount Olympus or whatever else it is you mongrels do.

President George W. Bush is endangering the United States and the world's safety while undermining American values.

When in doubt, lean to the side of #‎ mercy .

Vow to seek a Calm Inner Response to the Circumstances of your Life

Nor dread nor hope attend a dying animal; a man awaits his end dreading and hoping all.