...in the business of writing what one accumulates is not expertise but uncertainties. Which is but another name for craft.

The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

I'm frank brutally frank. And even when I'm not frank I look frank.

Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day.

The three most dreaded words in the English language are 'negative cash flow'.

If classical music is the state of the art, then the arts are in a sad state.

If a tornado twists at 175 miles an hour and stays on the ground like a massive lawnmower for 50 miles, God gave the command.

Sowing and reaping is a spiritual law...Sow generously and you will reap generously.

No matter what we say, entertainers are usually quite insecure, wobbly characters underneath, and maybe that bit of glory or that bit of expression or whatever it is compensates in some area.

Personally I'm not a feminist, as I can't stand puritans.

The toughest thing for me was growing up and being stared at and being looked at and being talked about in that particular way. Other than that it was a good childhood.