The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?

Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.

Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

Our emotional response is driven by the proximity of the events.

In our solitariness... great depths are sometimes sounded. Truth hideth in company.

People think I'm strong as hard as I look. But I've a very sensitive side and need to be loved by everyone.

If I give you my idea and you give me yours, then we each have two ideas, and together we have four.

I've been writing my entire life, and I'll always write.

Societies are healthiest when their radius of trust is broad and when people feel they can influence their own fate.

Well, I like to be kept on my toes. I look for a challenge. I don't like to recreate steps that I've already walked. I like to see if I can create something new.

Books don't live and die by awards. You don't listen to an Hector Lavoe album because it won some awards.

Dualistic thinking is a sickness.

I've never had any close male friends. The most important relationships in my life have always been with women.