emotion untempered by reason is social suicide

I only found myself when I stopped looking. . .

Sufism is, in operation, pragmatic.

Keep in mind that there are computers, that do touch things up. Like when I got a hold of the poster for 'Gold Diggers,' I said: 'Hey, wait a minute! Those aren't my teeth!

The poem is a form of texting... it's the original text. It's a perfecting of a feeling in language - it's a way of saying more with less, just as texting is.

In terms of asking questions, I plead guilty. I ask a hell of a lot of questions. That's my job.

Volumes are now written and spoken upon the effect of the mind upon the body. Much of it is true. But I wish a little more was thought of the effect of the body on the mind.

The healthiest and holiest people are the people who laugh at themselves the most. Failure helps us take God more seriously and ourselves less seriously.

I think love could have saved Kurt Cobain.

I like to write books that touch my heart. I want to entertain, and I love to entertain myself.

Our greatest longing is to be intimate.