There is no better example of the overreach of government than in environmental law.

Try to get the important things right at all the time, even at the cost of being right.

Stop your whining. If you are frightened, be silent. Whining is for prey. It attracts predators. And you are not prey.

I think it's pretentious to create art just for the sake of stroking the artists ego.

Our determination to imitiate Christ should be such that we have no time for other matters.

People who do well in life understand things that other people don't understand.

In a world shaped and colored more and more by politicians, the nations meet politically, and hardly any other way to settle their differences.

If you want to be a sharp thinker, be around sharp people.

I love the short story for being round, suggestive, insinuating, microcosmic. The story has both the inconvenience and the fascination of new beginnings.

You need to learn to live with your mistakes. And you need to be in a position to say No once in a while. It's important in life, and it's important for any career that you want to pursue.

I prefer being wrong in my own way to being right in someone else's.