Words possess primitive mystical incantatory healing powers... Their articulation represents a complete, lived experience.

Words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.

Imagination has always had powers of resurrection that no science can match.

There are plenty of alcoholics who can be magnificent when drunk: it does not make them any less alcoholic.

Even the most ordinary life is a mystery if you look close enough.

No matter what the subject, the subject is always love.

At the age of thirty-five, I have just begun to become the kind of person who could understand the kind of book I would want to write.

The real trap of fame is its irresistibility.

Solitude awakes the soul to spiritual realms.

I really want to punch you right now. Maybe even break your nose.” She rolled her eyes upward, seeking calm. “But I won’t because I like this dress.

Feelings are not supposed to be logical. Dangerous is the man who has rationalized his emotions.

The experience of others adds to our knowledge, but not to our wisdom; that is dearer bought.

I believe neither the French nor the Dutch really rejected the constitutional treaty.

In oratory the greatest art is to hide art.

I'm not here now. This isn't happening. You're just visiting a dream of mine.

I'm a huge sports fan.

Only the most saintly and delusional among us welcomes all pain as challenge, perceives all loss as harsh blessing.

It is a Chinese tradition that everyone has to be in everyone else's life.