What a damnably lonely profession writing is! In order to do it, one must banish the world, and having banished it, one feels cosmically alone.

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

Life is short. Focus on what really matters most. You have to change your priorities over time.

You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.

It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.

North Korea is going to get away with keeping its nuclear weapons.

A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should suffer for all who cannot live with honesty, should work so that all men can be honest, and should be honest himself.

Fear stops a lot of people. Fear of failure, of the unknown, of risk. And it masks itself as procrastination.

We are the victims of the world's most comprehensive robbery. Life demands a balance. It's all right if we do a little robbing now.

There is a seamless web to life.. all life is sacred.

A winning strategy must include losing.

I tend to play rather odd men. People that are slightly odd or eccentric, or have a more particular attitude to life.