You've built your homeyou've fledged your birdsyou've beaten the windwith your bonesyou've finished alonewhat no one began

I don’t know about birds nor do I know the history of fire. But I believe that my solitude should have wings

Because no one has more thirst for earth, for blood, and for ferocious sexuality than the creatures who inhabit cold mirrors

..it sounded very good and very false at the same time, so that you had the feeling that even if was true, he was touching only on the very highest points and maybe embellishing those a little.

I did a concert... in September with the Berlin Philharmonic... They're great musicians, and there's always something to learn from them.

The threat of world's end is the old threat.

Truth is a jewel which should not be painted over; but it may be set to advantage and shown in a good light.

As far as which writers embody this form of gentle power - Tobias Wolff, for sure. His persona and his writing both share an easy, capacious confidence that says he has faith in his readers.

Today, when you combine the web with the iPad, you have the most advanced medium for human thought and communication ever created.

The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few.

We often ask, "Do we have enough humans?" Because it's always fun to come up with an animal in show, but it begins to feel like overkill.

We are now debating and talking about a story [Russian hacker attack] based on something that isn't true.

It's Christmas time and my rhyme's steady bumpin. Everybody happy, hair still nappy, Gonna steal a gift for my old grandpappy.