The job of the writer isn't to answer questions. The job of the writer is to ask the questions for which there are no answers.

America's over. Get out while you still can.

Question everything and start from yourself.

And I was some of the mud that got to sit up and look around. Lucky me, lucky mud.

They will conquer but they will not convince.

I am putting real plums into an imaginary cake.

I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor.

The deep art... That's the part that has to be guarded like a miser would his money... Like a dope addict would his dope... Like a lover with their love.

The oceans are the planet's last great living wilderness, man's only remaining frontier on earth, and perhaps his last chance to produce himself a rational species.

Having children just puts the whole world into perspective. Everything else just disappears.

In life, as in restaurants, we swallow a lot of indigestible stuff just because it comes with the dinner.

I do have limits on my money. I like calling my mom to ask, "Can I have that?" Because I know I can be spending my money more wisely.