We can't abolish prejudice through laws.

I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation.

The glory of each generation is to make its own precedents.

No one can claim to be called Christian who gives money for the building of warships and arsenals.

Reforms are slow, but they never go backward.

Men always say, "Let's see what you can do." If we always talk and never work we will not accomplish anything.

Every expression of desired friendship has potential bite. Every smile reveals the teeth.

You are sick not weak. It is okay to be depressed.

The best dancer is the one who is not even aware of her dancing!

When I'm not writing, I can't make sense of out anything. I feel the need to make some sense and find some order, and writing fiction is the only way I've found that seems to begin to do that.

Science sees signs; Poetry, the thing signified. Co-author with his brother Julius Hare.

Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.

Imperfection is the prerequisite for grace. Light only gets in through the cracks.

You can create art and beauty with a computer.

The Spoonsize Boys steal the dollhouse toys while the cat by the fire is curled. Then away they floats in their eggshell boats, down the drains to their underground world.

Fashion is everything. Art, music, furniture design, graphic design, hair, makeup, architecture, the way cars look - all those things go together to make a moment in time, and that's what excites me.