To read without joy is stupid.

In the University library he wandered through the stacks, among the thousands of books, inhaling the musty odor of leather, cloth, and drying page as if it were an exotic incense.

One more year and I will be closer to wherever I'm going.

Fame is simply an imbalance between inbound and outbound attention.

Welcome everything that comes to you but do not long for anything else.

Friendship peculiar boon of Heaven The noble mind's delight and pride To men and angels only given To all the lower world denied.

It would be possible, in theory, for life and art to be reversed.

I dream a world... where wretchedness will hang its head and joy, like a pearl, attends the needs of all mankind. Of such I dream, my world!

Language in fiction is made up of equal parts meaning and music. The sentences should have rhythm and cadence, they should engage and delight the inner ear.

Only America makes you feel that everybody wants to be like you. That's what success is: Everybody wants to be like you.

We were meant to be together.

You're going to see ups and downs your whole career.