What we leave behind in this life is the memory of who we were and what we did. An imprint, no more.

Love - true love - is a precious thing. It is painful, uncomfortable, makes fools of us all, but it is what breathes meaning and color and purpose into our lives.

We are who we are, be­cause of those we choose to love and be­cause of those who love us.

I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history.

Free and fair access to books - to reading - is a right and one we should fight for.

The dead leave their shadows, an echo of the space within which once they lived. They haunt us, never fading or growing older as we do. The loss we grieve is not just their futures but our own.

For when all else is done, on­ly words re­main. Words en­dure.

Pas a pas, se va luenh. Step by step, we make our way.

There comes always a moment when the desire to act, however ill the cause, is stronger than the wish to listen.

Actually, I can write anywhere - airport lounges, in bed, on a rattling train going north.

Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

stick to truth and we shall succeed, may be slowly, but surely.

Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it.

I decided to go into politics because of our Soviet-style government.

There are too many stars and too few actors.

Starting out is very difficult if you don't have a clientele.

It's taken a while for me to convince people that I can do something other than Scully. And it still takes effort.

A building is a human being's space and the background for his dignity and its exterior should reflect its contents and function

From adolescence to death there is something very personal about being a Negro in America.

Human life is too difficult for people.