What we forgot as children is that our parents are children, also. The child in them has not been satisfied or met or loved, often.

It is increasingly clear that the fate of the universe will come to depend more and more on individuals as the bungling of bureaucracy permeates every corner of our existence.

History is said to be written by the victors. Fiction, by contrast, is largely the work of injured bystanders.

When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious.

The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed.

Ordinary life bypassed me, but I also bypassed it. It couldn't have been any other way.Conventional life and conventional people are not for me.

Writing is like carrying a fetus.

never forget this moment, the hum of the bee, the saffron threads of the flower, the drawn blinds, nature's assiduousness and human cruelty.

... a country encapsulates our childhood and those lanes, byres, fields, flowers, insects, suns, moons and stars are forever reoccurring.

Promiscuity is the death of love.

I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt.

Aretmis gripped her bow. “Let us pray I am wrong.”Can goddesses pray?

In my opinion the man looks at the relationship in a more bitter fashion and the woman still holds great hopes.

Dharma is an ancient word for truth.

In any event, it's not exactly a secret to regular readers what my views on the war are

I don't want people running around saying Gwen Brooks's work is intellectual. That makes people think instantly about obscurity. It shouldn't have to mean that, but it often seems to.

There's players like myself in the league who deserve to make the All-Star team and aren't given a chance. I've put up numbers, as good if not better than players that are making the team.

When you create something you're free to explore it however you want to do it.

Nature is the common, universal language, understood by all.

The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only when it is stretched.

I'm a guy who never wanted to hold a steady job, because I was worried about the monotony.