The woman I loved died because I did not love her enough - what greater sin is there than that?"(Uncle Chaim and Aunt Fifke and the Angel)

Envy nobody. It is the true secret of happiness, or at least the only one I know. (By Moonlight)

There is an old saying that there is no country as unhappy as one that need heroes."(King Pelles the Sure)

So you're an angel, fine, that's terrific. Now give me back my shadows. (Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke and the Angel)

What I try to do in writing any character is to put myself in his position.

Groups like The Mountain Brothers just have to keep on doing what they're doing - just make it dope and just make it different. And not try to compete with other people of color.

Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone.

Those who sit in a glass house do wrong to throw stones about them; besides, the American glass house is rather thin, it will break easily, and the interior is anything but a gainly sight.

The horizon is an imaginary line that recedes as you approach it.

We live thinking we will never die, We die thinking we have never lived

The only time I ever really consider retiring is when I get fed up with the press. Which is often.

Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.

Having perfected our disguise, we spend our lives searching for someone we don't fool.

Opinions are like belly buttons; everybody has one. I never knock a man for his opinion.