Sound waves do not die out. They travel forever and forever. All our sentences are immortal. Our useless bleatings circle the universe for all eternity.

If you do nothing unexpected, nothing unexpected happens.

Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens.

There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.

Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application - practice. What you practice is what you manifest.

I didn't even know I was a feminist until I read it on the back of one of my own books.

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.

Fiction stretches our sensibilities and our understanding, as mere information never can.

Marriage is a very difficult relationship for nearly everyone and I'm sure you shouldn't do it if you want a quiet little easy life.

guilt to motherhood is like grapes to wine

She could see that to lose a sibling was hard: it could only seem unnatural:out of time, out of order, a vicious re-run of your own departure into nothingness.

A man thinking or working will always be alone, let him be where he will.

I know they were mean to me and to you, but helping them now is the right thing to do.

I always respected Barry Bonds, and I wanted to let him know that I did in a certain way.

I believe we are stronger together and we will go forward together.

I'll always have songs with a farm connotation on my albums. It's in the fabric of my music, and I plan to keep it that way.

Cutting down the enemy is the way of strategy, and there is no need for many refinements of it.

Surprise is key in all art.

Why should we not have a first-hand and immediate experience of God?

Cut these words and they would bleed; they are vascular and alive.

There's always someone willing to believe malicious rumours.