...the reader who plucks a book from her shelf only once is as deprived as the listener who, after attending a single performance of a Beethoven symphony, never hears it again.

take a writer away from his typewriterand all you have leftisthe sicknesswhich started himtypingin thebeginning

Obedience, you know, is Good Luck's mother, wedded to Salvation, they say.

Even more important than statistics is then having the staff that can take the data and ensure it's presented in a way that improves individuals and teams.

It's important for us to tell our stories.

Be entirely tolerant or not at all; follow the good path or the evil one. To stand at the crossroads requires more strength than you possess.

Learn to write well, or not to write at all.

I don't dare postulate about science, but I know that it takes both emotion and intellect in order for art to happen.

You'll nip anybody who's coming at you with bullshit. You don't play around. You take this craft very seriously. It's what separates you, what separates an actor from an artist.

Abe swept in, resplendent in a gray and yellow suit that coordinated bafflingly well with Adrian's paint job.

Wherever you go, go with inspiration and aspiration. Whatever you do, do with love and concern. Whomever you see, see with purity's beauty And responsibility's glory.