. . . for a good story, told often enough puts you in rooms you've never occupied.

Ten years, she's dead, and I still find myself some mornings reaching for the phone to call her. She could no more be gone than gravity or the moon.

What hurts so bad about youth isn't the actual butt whippings the world delivers. It's the stupid hopes playacting like certainties.

Such a small, pure object a poem could be, made of nothing but air a tiny string of letters, maybe small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. But it could blow everybody's head off.

We're not made to wallow in pleasure. Pleasure is joy's assassin.

The head can travel a far piece while the body sits in one spot. It can traverse many decades, and many conversations can be had, even with the dead.

Tomorrow! How sweet its prospects for a drunkard the night before. There is no better word. Before the earth hurls itself into sunshine, nothing is not possible.

It's hard to be an articulate ghost.

Slurping these spirits is soul preparation, a warped communion, myself serving as god, priest, and congregation.

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

Be Positive is not just a blood type.

True genius is a complete stranger to most, a momentary acquaintance to others, a lasting friend to few.

What we have is the here and now, and what we have is each other, and let's find a way to deal truthfully with each other.

Real talent doesn't always win championships, like real music doesn't always win Grammys.

I always choose my projects for the script or what the director want to tell with that story. And if I like the story.

Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage; doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion.

The uniform of Polish Uhlan makes even the youngest, inexperienced boy looks like he's made from steel.

Sometimes for me not throwing a tantrum is what running a marathon or swimming the English Channel must be like for others of a less-challenging emotional nature.

I do not think that the educational program of our schools should be determined by what the community thinks it needs.