What do you most wish for, Izzy?" "Herbs and salads, and fish straight from the river. A man needs no more than such pleasures.

Conversations flowed like the waters of a water-fall! And every time they met their conversations sparked flames like the forest caught in a wild fire!

The boys feet have been up in the clouds since the win

I started blogging in 2004, light years ago on the Web. And I began because I have this handicap - I can't figure out my life or see God clearly unless I untangle my life again with words.

The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is responsible, and a responsible man is a slave. It is private life that governs the world.

Civilization is coming to an end, you understand.

Without passion, nothing happens; without compassion, the wrong things happen.

The manager's job - the impresario's job - is to preside over the company's efforts to jam so the business runs really well.

May the angels protect you, and sadness forget you.

Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to do. I had novels to write so I wrote them.

All is vanity, nothing is fair.