The way a man drinks in company tells you nothing about him, but the way he drinks when alone reveals, without his realizing it, the very depths of his soul.

Nothing can be attained until all supports other than those of the pure Soul have been eliminated.

You do not write a novel for praise, or thinking of your audience. You write for yourself; you work out between you and your pen the things that intrigue you

Take this sorrow to thy heart and make it part of thee, and it shall nourish thee till thou art strong again.

How we feel is how we want to be heard.

Being wanted is the tender heel of everything human.

When I heard Charlie Parker the first time on a record, it had seemed like an old, scratchy kind of record and I didn't get it.

It is disastrous to own more of anything than you can possess, and it is one of the most fundamental laws of human nature that our power actually to possess is limited.

But I also think when we embark on intimate relationships, we make a basic human promise to be decent, to hold a flattering mirror up to each other, to be respectful as we explore each other.

Fathers always play mahagurus to their children, and I am no exception.

Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions