Universal violence compels the language to be mute . . . . Silence is not only a metaphor of Hemingway's work; it is also the source of its formal excellence, its integrity.

Unknowingly, we plow the dust of stars, blown about us by the wind, and drink the universe in a glass of rain.

Quotations offer one kind of break in what the eye can see, the ear can hear.

The (post) structuralist temper requires too great a depersonalization of the writing/speaking subject. Writing becomes plagiarism; speaking becomes quoting. Meanwhile, we do write, we do speak.

Never quit on your dream, but learn to cut your losses and quit your plan if it is not working.

It's an ongoing joy being a dad.

But in the life of every man there are influences of a far more real and penetrating character than those which come through the medium of schools or teachers.

I'm quite disappointed that I'm still the last man on the moon.

Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.

I don't understand why we're all connected wirelessly via a little machine that goes in our pocket, to everybody in the world, and you have to have reels for a movie.

One who wants to wear the crown, bears the crown.

Bullies are often people who are shy and can't make friends easily, so, as the theme of the movie 'A Bronx Tale' tells us, it is better to be feared if you can't be loved.

Nobody knows what Trump is thinking. But they all think they do.

Youth is when you think you'll live forever. Old age is when you wonder how you've lived so long.