When you speak, your words echo only across the room or down the hall. but when you write, your words echo down the ages.

The night sky is only a sort of carbon paper, Blueblack, with the much-poked periods of starsLetting in the light, peephole after peephole--- A bonewhite light, like death, behind all things.

My feeling is, having lived in different classes, that people want equality of opportunity... that's the thing that makes me despair: the idea that people aren't given equality of opportunity.

Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process.

I've been saying for almost 20 years that I need to do a jazz project and it ought to be either big band or I should do some jazz songs with a trio or quartet.

Individuals with a good self esteem can accept or reject the opinions of others, but never depend on them for their sense of worthiness.

The Jewish women like Bethany Mandel fare the worst, because they are getting both antisemitic stuff and anti-woman stuff.

Depression is always in the details.

I really believe in my work and in no way think I'm taking advantage of anyone. I feel generous when selling my art.

A feud should live a full and colorful life, and then it should die a natural death and be forgotten.

'Tis pride that pulls the country down.