Time seems to me a drift, a shifting of sand. And my mind is shifting with it. I am wearing away.

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

All secrets become deep. All secrets become dark. That's in the nature of secrets.

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.

When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.

I am often asked the question How can the masses permit themselves to be exploited by the few. The answer is By being persuaded to identify with them.

The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card.

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Religion is that which congregate all the resources for spirituality (to attain the Self).

If you improve a teacher's self-esteem, confidence, communication skills or stress levels, you improve that teacher's overall effectiveness across the curriculum.

I never found out until I went into treatment that I was bipolar.

There are no golden geese. There are only fat geese eating the food that could nourish more athletic opportunities for women.

An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.

Today the fate of humankind is even more crucially linked than ever before. The boundaries between the problems of 'others' and 'our' problems are being increasingly erased.

Sometimes we emulate the Pharisees more than we imitate Christ.

The act, when vacuuming, of running over a string at least a dozen times, reaching over and picking it up, examining it, then putting it back down to give the vacuum one more chance.

Women tell men things that men are not very likely to find out for themselves.

The cure for pain is in the pain. Good and bad are mixed. If you don't have both, you don't belong with us.