There is no lie in war or preparation of war that can't be defended.

I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look like.

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.

We seem to believe it is possible to ward off death by following rules of good grooming.

As technology advances in complexity and scope, fear becomes more primitive.

No sense of the irony of human experience, that we are the highest form of life on earth, and yet ineffably sad because we know what no other animal knows, that we must die.

I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.

I don’t want your candor. I want your soul in a silver thimble.

What we are reluctant to touch often seems the very fabric of our salvation.

California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it.

The arts especially address the idea of aesthetic experience. An aesthetic experience is one in which your senses are operating at their peak

Even blind alleys lead somewhere.

Perfection isn’t necessary for success, but determination is.

I know so many people who actually just watch television on their computers now and don't even really watch their TV anymore.

The Typical American? He is sent to school Little or much, where he imbibes the rule Of safety first and comfort; in his youth He joins the church and ends the quest of truth.

Life hath quicksands, Life hath snares!

I don't like very young women very much. Never did.

The Liberty Bell is "a very significant symbol for the entire democratic world."

I think the environmental movement is now so large and diverse that it's hard to talk of it as a single entity.

A ruin should always be protected but never repaired - thus may we witness full the lingering legacies of the past.