The only real access that I have to my mind is when I'm writing.

The day misspent, the love misplaced, has inside it the seed of redemption. Nothing is exempt from resurrection.

Small presses take chances. Chances are at the heart of all the literature we later know as great.

I have tried to live very quietly, so I could be happy.

As for reality, I don't even have any interest in that word.

Who would have guessed it possible that waiting is sustainable. A place with its own harvest.

Failure: the renewable resource.

What keeps me writing is that I can only know through writing. My major sense organ is apparently a pencil.

A too closely watched flower/blossoms the wrong color./Excess attention to the jonquil/turns it gentian. Flowers/need it tranquil to get/their hues right. Some/only open at midnight.

A lot of the job that one has to do as a writer is to protect the thing that doesn't match the world.

It's important to have your private enjoyments because sometimes that's all we have.

You cannot go and warn him, " Saeunn said sternly. "It is too late. You would never find him.""I know, " said Renn without turning her head.To herself she added, But I've still got to try.

Active participation on LinkedIn is the best way to say, 'Look at me!' without saying 'Look at me!

A girl phoned me the other day and said... 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home.

You get to know more of the character of a man in a round of golf than in six months of political experience.

The hardest thing is that you can't trust people now. You just can't.

Some white people are so accustomed to operating at a competitive advantage that when the playing field is level, they feel handicapped.

Things are solved by walking around.

Things I Want to Happen After I die: You're allowed to be sad, but you're not allowed to be too sad. If you're always sad when you think about me, then how can you remember me? —Sam McQueen

If I'm going to be anything more than average, if anyone is going to remember me, then I need to go further, in art, in life, in everything!

Your heart is the center of humility, your mind could be the source of arrogance.