When the ground starts moving, all bets are off.

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.

Don't think, but look! (PI 66)

Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.

Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a dozen.

When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults.

Lately though I've been in love with myself and I've become my own best friend.

Young dancers are training at a very vulnerable time in their lives... So train the whole person, not just the dancer.

Birth is the start of loneliness and loneliness the start of poetry.

Nothing has gotten me out of Philadelphia. I moved 20 minutes away from Philly. That's about it.

One's self-image is very important because if that's in good shape, then you can do anything, or practically anything.

The players make the manager, it's never the other way.