Silence is a way of saying: we do not have to entertain each other; we are okay as we are.

Before you hate something you should try to understand it.

Writing is an antisocial act.

We don't know who we are until we see what we can do.

You can't be blocked if you just keep on writing words. Any words. People who get 'blocked' make the mistake of thinking they have to write good words.

Arnold was a dog's dog. Whenever he shuffled along walks and through alleyways, he always gave the impression of being on to something big.

The English inn stands permanently planted at the confluence of the roads of history, memory, and romance.

Children can ask what adults don't dare to because we don't want to admit we're scared and we don't really want to hear the answers.

An idyllic childhood is probably illusion.

Talking's just a nervous habit.

Most people see what they want to, or at least what they expect to.

Religion [dharma] originates where there is doer-ship [to do], Moksha [ultimate liberation] originates where there is understanding (to understand).

She was crushed by society like a mosquito fending for its unborn young

It was almost like I was in the army.

Nobody's going to tell me that my dog doesn't love me. That's crazy talk.

I am not a patient person. My friends and colleagues will confirm this. But, frankly, we should all feel a little more impatient with the state of public education in America today.

They say that instead of cursing the darkness, one should light a candle. Nothing is mentioned, though, about cursing a lack of candles.

In my next life, I want to come back as one of my dogs. They live nicely.

I think we can all agree this is a very important election [2016]. We don't want to see Hillary Clinton become the president of the United States.

To beauty, all is forgiven, even vulgarity. Intelligence no longer seems an adequate compensation for things.

A coxcomb is four-fifths affectation and one-fifth vanity.