sometimes all we need to be able to continue aloneare the deadrattling the wallsthat close us in.

Now something so sad has hold of us that the breath leaves and we can't even cry.

yes, Wagner and the storm intermix with the wine as nights like this run up my wrists and up into my head and back down into the gut

having nothing to struggleagainstthey have nothing to strugglefor.

the gods play nofavorites.

the gods seldomgivebut so quicklytake.

she slammed the door andwas gone.I looked at the closed doorand at the doorknoband strangelyI didn't feelalone.

the worst thing, " he told me, "is bitterness, people end up sobitter.

I see a brightportionunder the overhead lightthat shades intodarknessand then into darkerdarknessand I can't see beyond that.

I believe that to be the world's greatest livingwriterthere must be somethingterribly wrong with you.I don't even want to be the world's greatestdead writer.just being dead would be fairenough.

I paid, got up, walkedto the door, openedit.I heard the mansay, "that guy'snuts."out on the street Iwalked northfeelingcuriouslyhonored.

As long as you know who you are, and see what makes you happy, it doesn't matte how others see you

A moment is all you can expect from perfection.

As Justice Sandra Day O'Connor stated, even a state of war is not a blank check for a president to do whatever he wants.

A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling than a dry recitation of the truth.

I am really fascinated by human beings, fascinated!

When ideas are communicated effectively, people follow and change.

You always learn something about movies. Directing or acting, there's always something new. It's the technological thing; there's always something to learn.

Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.

It does the sheep no good to preach the goodness of a diet of grass, if the wolves are of a different mind.

I think a sentence is a fine thing to put a preposition at the end of.