You have to be able to wake up in the morning and say, 'I've been true.

I think constraints are very important. They're positive, because they allow you to work off something.

My exposure to visual art all my life was intensive.

Gods are great, " said Atsula, slowly, as if she were comprehending a great secret. "But the heart is greater. For it is from our hearts they come, and to our hearts they shall return...

Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.

Hillary Clinton has been in politics for the same reason I am - because we can improve other people's lives by doing this work.

Joy is not an alternative to opposition; it is part of a compound that includes opposition.

I believe in the eternal security of the believer and in the insecurity of the make-believer.

You do not owe anyone your time. When you realize that, others will respect your time much more.

The face of totalitarianism turned out to be a mask - obviously - but the face of Capitalism has no face at all.

My dad was a ham, too. He could sell those women anything. Of all his sons, I was the only one he could trust to sell as well as he could. I was proud of that.

Wonder was the motive that led people to philosophy ... wonder is a kind of desire in knowledge. It is the cause of delight because it carries with it the hope of discovery.