She saw she had fallen into the hands of one of those doctors who have strayed too far from apparent in the direction of the soul.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

The mind is its own enemy, that fights itself with the innumerable pliant and ineluctable arms of the octopus.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and a happy life.

I ran to my marriage, I was happily ready to take on marriage.

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

The Word of God is the anvil upon which the opinions of men are smashed.

Before you quit, you have to try

Half of the interview is substantive and half of it I think is sizing the person up.

I think it is very sad that 'sitcom' has become a pejorative term.

When I was a kid, Blade Runner was my favorite movie. I remember seeing that when I was a little boy with my dad.

All human activities, professions, programs, and institutions must henceforth be judged primarily by the extent to which they inhibit, ignore, or foster a mutually enhancing human/Earth relationship.

I'm trying to be entertaining without being mean