She had wild eyes, slightly insane. She also carried an overload of compassion that was real enough and which obviously cost her something.

being alone never felt right. sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.

There's no way I can stop writing, it's a form of insanity.

As a recluse I couldn't bear traffic. It had nothing to do with jealousy, I simply disliked people, crowds, anywhere, except at my readings. People diminished me, they sucked me dry.

Her one drink had Cecelia giggling and talking and she was explaining that animals had souls too. Nobody challenged her opinion. It was possible, we knew. What we weren't sure of was if we had any.

The worst thing for a writer is to know another writer, and worse than that, to know a number of other writers. Like flies on the same turd.

People were usually much better in their letters than in reality. They were much like poets in this way.

Goodness could be found sometimes in the middle of hell.

I didn't like anything. Maybe I was afraid. That was it - I was afraid. I wanted to sit alone in a room with the shades down. I feasted upon that. I was a crank. I was a lunatic.

I began to feel like a kept man and it felt great.

You're the most unknown famous man I ever met

I'm not saying he was, like, crying tears of man pain over the phone, but he sounded upset.

You must practice the discipline of a champion before you win the actual contest. The appointment and opportunity must then come to confirm what you have already become.

Kind eyes under all the mascara.

Sometimes one of us will have a riff or a bass line from home but it really gels when we come together. We really have a strong special chemistry that we take advantage of when we get together.

Honour may not win power, but it wins respect. And respect earns power.

I used to hang out with a bunch of old punk rockers when I was a little kid.

What is sacred is what is worthy of our reverence, what evokes awe and wonder in the human heart, and what, when contemplated, transforms us utterly.

When young, one learns his craftsmanship, may become a young master, and it is youth that is most auspicious for developing certain skills.

We deserve quality lives with equality.

A virtuous man concentrates on his own work, not that of others.