The Eucharist is a never-ending sacrifice. It is the Sacrament of love, the supreme love, the act of love.

Ours is the Spirit of the Eucharist, the total Gift of Self.

You don't have to live in a garage to write great poetry.

Sometimes this human stuff is slimy and pathetic...but better to feel it and talk about it and walk through it than to spend a lifetime being silently poisoned.

I discovered surfing, which I absolutely fell in love with. That feels good and kind of keeps your body aligned, so does the salt water.

The minute I leave my house - that is where I feel safe - I'm immediately in the jungle. The key is to survive through the cold world.

I've learned not to care so much about what other people think.

I liked your opera. I think I will set it to music.

Nobody is ordinary if you know where to look.

Why IBM? We have tremendous expertise. One of the reasons we can drive phenomenal efficiency around the world is because we've made IBM an e-business.

The air was fragrant with a thousand trodden aromatic herbs, with fields of lavender, and with the brightest roses blushing in tufts all over the meadows.

I always wanted to write. While I was on a long surf trip, supporting myself with various day jobs, I was working hard on a novel. My third novel, in fact.