The written word is redundant on the high seas. Why? Because paper gets wet too easily.

From the stars we come, to the stars we go. Life is but a journey into the unknown.

Ordinary folk prefer familiar tastes - they'd sooner eat the same things all the time - but a gourmet would sample a fried park bench just to know how it tastes.

For some miracles can only occur in the dark.

Wednesdays were the best thing about Atlantis. The middle of the week was a traditional holiday there. Everyone stopped work and celebrated the fact that half the week was over.

No one who writes a good book is really dead.

Someone with an obsession for arranging things in alphabetical order was an abcedist, whereas someone with an obsession for arranging them in reverse alphabetical order was a zyxedist.

If flatness were funny, a dinner plate would be hilarious.

Anyone can write. Some people can write a bit better than others; they're called authors. Then there are some who can write better than authors; they're called artists.

Life is too precious to be left to chance

Stealing from one author is plagiarism; from many authors, research.

A person's ethics and character are not tested in good times. It is only in bad times that a person shows how steadfast he is to his dharma.

American businesses are struggling to pay outrageous, exploitive insurance bills for their employees, hampering our ability to compete globally.

It'd be good for the world if [Donald Trump] won.

We learn a lot, but the actions we don't put behind those things that we learn and we continue to make the same mistakes.

The only way to the truth is through blasphemy.

When you're playing to an audience that isn't your own, it's quite scary.

As you allow the beloved to grow within you, you will discover a steadfastness to the spiritual journey.

The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters.

An artist's job is to articulate what might otherwise be incoherent.

There is much more opportunity than there are people to see it.