Success can only be measured in terms of distance traveled.

Decide what the rest of your life is to be. Whatever you are now, you might be forever.

A short story is what you see when you look out of the window.

There are a great many opinions in this world, and a good half of them are professed by people who have never been in trouble.

All lives are interesting; no one life is more interesting than another. Its fascination depends on how much is revealed, and in what manner.

Writing is like a love affair: the beginning is the best part.

She and Marie were Montreal girls, not trained to accompany heroes, or to hold out for dreams, but just to be patient.

I write every day as a matter of course It is not a burden. It is the way I live.

I believed that if I was to call myself a writer, I should live on writing. If I could not live on it, even simply, I should destroy every scrap, every trace, every notebook and live some other way.

A writer's life stands in relation to his work as a house does to a garden, related but distinct.

[My father] had spent his own short time like a priest in charge of a relic, forever expecting the blessed blood to liquefy.

Remember, it is no sign of weakness or defeat that your manuscript ends up in need of major surgery. This is a common occurrence in all writing, and among the best writers.

What is rational in the practice of thoughtful medicine is impractical for the system.

I respect everybody, but at the same time, I carry myself with an aura that demands respect, too.

To the user, the interface is the product.

We can thank God for everything good, and all the rest we don't comprehend yet.

God never made man that he may consider another man as untouchable.

For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a professional hockey player.

India's had two groovy moments. Once when the Beatles went to India and now when Madonna has embraced yoga.

If the masses can love without knowing why, they also hate without much foundation.