When I moved, I unearthed the diaries I kept for ten years. I sat and went through them and they were a worthless burden to own. People will say it's tragic I threw them out, but I know it isn't.

They say marriages work better if you don't know the person too well. Maybe we should stop writing each other posthaste.

I was trained to turn loneliness into laziness.

I have never cried in the shower. That's a woman thing I think.

A drink centers me but I usually make myself wait until at least 9:00 PM for that. Or 8:00 PM. Whichever comes first.

I have a past, okay? And you really don't want to get involved with it.''Everybody's got a past, ' he said. 'That doesn't mean you can't have a future.

Quality is better than quantity.

I've never heard a crowd boo a homer, but I've heard plenty of boos after a strikeout.

While being tossed around the world from place to place as a teenager, I wasn't really tethered to any place or anyone.

I thought of the priest who'd told me that many religions hold that it is easier to be closely connected to people we love after death than before.

Rather than just becoming embittered by your friends' success, I think it can motivate you.

Religion is no test of nationality, but a personal matter between man and his God.

I never bothered about keeping track.Every now and then someone records one of my songs, and I get credit for it.

Unfortunately, however much we may deplore something, it does not stop being true.

The real harvest of life is the outworking of the internal. If there's nothing in there, there's nothing to work out.