There is a love of wood, as of other things that do not answer to our touch.

You build a character, a shell, and if you build it right, something comes to live inside it.

I wanted to have very strong female characters. I just thought it was always the way the world should be.

It sounds creepy, but I always liked the idea of disappearing then becoming something new. That of course was before I disappeared.

The irruption of the supernatural into our world is a much more enticing notion to explore than the same thing happening in some past time, or in a wholly imaginary world.

[Poetry] was a form of incantation, a means of welding the world inside his head to the one that surrounded him, words the fiery chain that bound it all together.

If the retreat house was a trap, it was a very nice one.

The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.

I have learned to smile when I wasn't happy, to sing when I didn't feel like it, and to do things just to please my fans.

Interviewing is a lot like talking, but you have to guide the conversation. You have to know what you want and go about getting it.

Retirement, we understand, is great if you are busy, rich, and healthy. But then, under those circumstances, work is great too.

I had my freedom and that was nice.

I've got my love to keep me warm.

I still feel that I am in my prime right now but I think my best fights were in my thirties.

When the souls rise up in glory, yours shall not be shunned nor sunderered, but shall be the prize of the gods' gardens. Even your darkness shall be treasured then, and all your pain made holy.

I always get up for every game, but this game is especially big. It's a do-or-die thing. This could be (decide) whoever wins the regular-season championship.

Have faith in Guru, in his teachings, and in the surety that you can get free. Think day and night that this universe is zero, only God is. Have intense desire to get free.