The revelation is this: don't wait for some revelation. We make our own luck.

But one doesn't wait for a revolution. One becomes it.

Many people are trying to steady themselves by taking tranquilizers. Jesus is the greatest tranquilizer of all. He can straighten out your life and put you back on center.

All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.

The United States and Arizona are both losing jobs to offshore locations.

Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.

If by reaction you mean critical reaction, I was confident that we were putting out a quality book [ Treachery]. So I was reasonably sure that we'd get positive notices.

Trial by jury is part of that bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.

Enjoy now, another now is coming.

You can't lose the essence of a song. I try to enhance it more than anything else.

I am sick of this way of life. The weariness and sadness of old age make it intolerable. I have walked with death in hand, and death's own hand is warmer than my own. I don't wish to live any longer.

You don't actually have to understand the song to be emotionally moved and uplifted, whereas with language it becomes quirky and analytical.