Whoever opined "Money can't buy you happiness" obviously had far too much of the stuff.

Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths.

...now I'm a spent firework; but at least I've been a firework.

If swans weren't real myths'd make up.

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

I believe death is only a door. One closes, and another opens. If I were to imagine heaven, I would imagine a door opening. And he would be waiting for me there.

Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.

I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there.

She said the words, and then she had a strange moment of seeing them, hanging there over her head. "You're going to vacuum up that squi

A person who cannot imagine the future is a person who cannot contemplate the results of his actions. Some are thus paralyzed into inaction.

My new novel 'Red Hook Road' began many years ago as a short article in the newspaper.

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

Some journeys take us far from home. Some adventures lead us to our destiny.

A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.

When something makes no sense, sometimes you make something of it. A joke. A spiritual practice. A life.

Literature is the memory of humanity.

My eight-year-old bought a bicycle with the money he saved by not smoking.

Only man has law. Law must be built, do you understand me? You must build the law.