The real "it is well" is something I say from the ground, having fallen.

In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing.

I stop wanting what I am looking for, looking for it.

Night is a world lit by itself.

The shadows: some hide, others reveal.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

They will say you are on the wrong road, if it is your own.

I would go to heaven, but I would take my hell; I would not go alone.

I know what I have given you, I do not know what you have received.

Situated in some nebulous distance I do what I do so that the universal balance of which I am a part may remain a balance.

A door opens to me. I go in and am faced with a hundred closed doors.

Don't lose heart if it's very difficult at times, everything will come out all right and nobody can in the beginning do as he wishes.

I've been in a lot of elections.

The value of a man can only be measured with regard to other men.

You know what the ideal dove gun for any given day is? Your other-the one you left at home.

I don't really do anything that isn't about writing, and I don't really know who I am if I'm not thinking about writing.

I come from a very illustrious line of divorces. We love to get divorced in my family. My mother and father have been married four times each - eight ceremonies with the best of intentions.

The night is a strawberry.

Toughness isn't about you and what you want, it's about not quitting because others need you.

Forgetting is a blessing; remembering is a blessing! We are lucky that we can forget; we are lucky that we can remember!

Works of art should be stimulating. They should wake people up rather than acting like a sedative.