You cannot be a great writer in a shop where words are sold in tens and twenties.

Most of us try to do too much because we are secretly afraid we will not be able to do anything at all.

A good woman inspires a man

I have always believed that what brings us together is stronger than what pulls us apart.

The map isn't always the territory, and you have to kind of walk through it to get a feel for it.

Sturdy gospel roots that go deep into rich spiritual soil strengthen and steady us in times of trial and difficulty.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit. It is never a narrowing of the mind or a restriction of the human spirit or the country's spirit.

Nothing is good for a nation but that which arises from its own core and its own general wants, without apish imitation of another.

Children love me, dammit!

I am circling around God, around the ancient tower, and I have been circling for a thousand years, and I still don't know if I am a falcon, or a storm, or a great song.

My dad was an engineer and so I had this picture of science and technology and pursuits of the mind as being more impressive than artistic pursuits, which I saw a as kind of frivolous.

From one tyrant to another. That is the world we know, now