You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.

I sometimes seem to myself to wander around the world merely accumulating material for future nostalgias.

Don't put things off till it's too late. You are the DJ of your fate.

Put your backbone where your wishbone is.

The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.

And an equation is the same whether it's written in red or green ink

I certainly think its very important that writers as citizens - not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens - should talk about things that matter to them.

What is the difference between my life and my love? One gets me low, the other lets me go.

I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.

I think if something is worth doing, it's worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.

To not be able to love the one you love is to have your life wrenched away.

Hate is a self-destructive illness.

Me having no education. I had to use my brains.

The U.S. has subsidized the armies of other countries while allowing for the very sad depletion of our military.

Life is what you make it.

Hawaii can be heaven and it can be hell.

Don Karnage-he's one of my all-time favorites. He's so brash and so bold and so arrogant-and he just doesn't know what he's doing.

I entered his apartment without being invited, which is perfectly fine if you're not a vampire.

There are few husbands whom the wife cannot win in the long run, by patience and love.

Not only do we live among the stars, the stars live within us.

A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.