What is sacred is what is worthy of our reverence, what evokes awe and wonder in the human heart, and what, when contemplated, transforms us utterly.

Pilgrimage is a powerful metaphor for any journey with the purpose of finding something that matters deeply to the traveler.

That which you are looking for may be calling you to seek.

Inspiration comes and goes, creativity is the result of practice.

Inspiration is a message-in-a-bo ttle from the distant shore, a window into the other world, a tap of the muse's finger, the grace of the gods. It comes when you least expect it.

In each of us dwells a pilgrim. It is the part of us that longs to have direct contact with the sacred.

The pilgrim is a poetic traveler, one who believes that there is poetry on the road, at the heart of everything.

There is an unknown room in the soul that is constantly turning the stuff of daydreams into myths for us, helping us to get at meaning we can't get to through the front door.

Step by step, a path; stone by stone, a cathedral,' my great-grandfather used to say.

We travel as seekers after answers we cannot find at home

We travel as seekers after answers we cannot find at home, and soon find that a change of climate is easier than a change of heart.

You can't hide the thunderbolt. When it hits you, everybody can see it. Christ, man, don't be ashamed of it, some men pray for the thunderbolt. You're a very lucky fellow. - Calo

And since when is stealing people's possessions the call of God? you are all hypocrites who have suddenly come into power, and you don't know how to handle it

Forcing someone into drug addiction is like stabbing a corpse everyday, the most detestable crime.

I shattered that memory by going back there. Without realizing it until it was too late, I replaced that memory with the emptiness of that day.

The value of tolerance is central to living in today's world - especially in diverse places like the Bronx.

In challenging a kzin, a simple scream of rage is sufficient. You scream and you leap.

It's amazing how much credit you can take, if you don't care about accomplishing anything.

I have never sought the reason why I write.

Thank God, it's over.

A lot of education is like teaching marching; I try to make it more like dancing.