Who would have thought that a human and a dragon could make such a perfect match?

God, please give us more grace!

[E]very journey is played out between standstill and flight.

I was totally into jazz in my teens.

Motherhood was the great equaliser for me; I started to identify with everybody.

The real destroyer of inner peace is fear and distrust. Fear develops frustration, frustration develops anger, anger develops violence.

Zen Buddhism does not preach. Sermons remain words. It waits until people feel stifled and insecure, driven by a secret longing.

Records, radio, television, movies, magazines-all are monopolized by the money managers who are guided by one ethic, the words wealth and power.

Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as possible.

The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.

I gave my wife a twenty-five-dollar gift certificate. She used it as a down payment on a mink coat.