Writing is a fine thing, because it combines the two pleasures of talking to yourself and talking to a crowd.

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.

Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.

We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.

Lessons are not given, they are taken.

The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing what truth may be, we can still recognize lies.

We never remember days, only moments.

Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.

It only takes one minute to find a really good book, but it can give you a lifetime of memories when you read a really good book that leaves you with lasting impression.

I grew up missing my mom while she was right in front of me.

What happens is that the experience of writers working together and the idea of creative collaboration is so delightful, but it has been relegated to TV.

I could learn how to press 'Record' on a tape recorder and write for a newspaper or a magazine.

What was the appearance of God the Father? Like that of a man...God has the likeness of fingers and hands and a face.

Did you hear what this idiot just said!? He said it's not about the W...It's everything about the W with me!

I used to do a lot of interviews in the early '80s, when my career started, but it came to a point when I decided I didn't want to talk anymore, and people kind of understood that and left me alone.

The only real blind person at Christmas time is he who has not Christmas in his heart.

I don't like to sit around whining about the corporate media, how they control everything, own everything. We already know that.

You are free to smile in the midst of massive tests and challenges, knowing that you have chosen to play this game, and that you have dominion over all the appearances of earth.